We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.

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

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.

I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.

Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.