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

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

When I was young I used to listen to everything.