The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.

Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.

The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.