I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

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.

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

I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.

When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.