I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.

Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill.

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

Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.

One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.

I'm very conscious of the idea of trying to each time present something that I haven't presented before. It's a challenge to me to find something new, to find something innovative, but it's also very exciting.