You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony ... and at the same time of hope and freedom.

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in jazz, though I didn't really start out that way. I started in classical music, but my formative years were in jazz, and it makes a great foundation.

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.