The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.

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

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.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.