I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.

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

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.

I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.

Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able to fuse his life with the rhythm of the times. This is the essence of music.

Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy.