My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.

I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.