Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

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

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

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.

I think I was supposed to play jazz.

Music truly is the universal language.

Jazz is about being in the moment.