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

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

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

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.

If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead you to other ideas, to something maybe you hadn't expressed before.

So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.