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

I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.

One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

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.