I think I was supposed to play jazz.

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

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

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.

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

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.