Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

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.

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