Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

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.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

I try to practice with my life.