I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.

I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words.

The artist is very lucky, because in an art form that's spontaneous like jazz, that's when you really see your true self. And that's why, when I put down my instrument, that's when the challenge starts, because to learn how to be that kind of human being at that level that you are when you're playing - that's the key, that's the hard part.

You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.

I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.

I think life is really hard sometimes. It's not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that's what music is all about-to remind people of the beautiful moments that are in everybody's life