The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are rea….

Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience.

My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget mysel….

If I can get out of the way, if I can be pure enough, if I can be selfless enough, and if I can be generous and loving and caring enough to abandon w….

For me, rhythm is a type of divine mathematics in a way. No matter where you're from, we can all understand the mathematics of rhythm. I try to apply….

Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician..

When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music..

Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes..

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you….

Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language..

I'm never trying to preach to anybody with my music, but I'm aware of the universal nature of the human experience and I try to reach out and connect….

I'm not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we're all connected in some way and hopefully my music can integrate t….

I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops im….

Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are..

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were..

Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the out….

Everyone can lock into the rhythm on a tune. It's organic in nature. It connects the band as a whole and connects the band to the audience..

I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not the notes of a scale ….

I think I'm built like a painter. I have friends who are painters and they reflect a similar psychological attitude towards their work. They don't kn….

In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments..

The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture..