It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.

I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.

Jazz is about being in the moment.

Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts.