The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.
So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.