It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.

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.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.

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.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.