Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

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.

I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead you to other ideas, to something maybe you hadn't expressed before.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.