When I was young I used to listen to everything.

Jazz is about being in the moment.

Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . Don't forget I was only eleven-years-old and to be on the stage at that age had tremendous impact on me. Basically love for classical music and performing as a kid on the big stage probably led toward this decision, which meant that music is going to be my big love but also my profession.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.

Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.