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

It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never really know. But the whole thing is to work at the process of being in sync with the universe, so that everything will align at the proper time so that you can deliver that which is your life mission. And that's why we're here as individuals. And then there's our contribution to the collective. It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.

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.