People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

I keep recycling and repackaging music that I've done in the past, as though I can't write anymore. Like, okay, I'm done with that. But I need to kind of prod myself again into come on, Herbie, get off your duff and start writing some new music.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.

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

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.

I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.