The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.

I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

The true artform is being a human being.

It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.