Music isn't about music, it's about life.

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

I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.

Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.

A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.