In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.

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

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

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.