I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.

I keep recycling and repackaging music that I've done in the past, as though I can't write anymore. Like, okay, I'm done with that. But I need to kind of prod myself again into come on, Herbie, get off your duff and start writing some new music.

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.

I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward.

Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.