I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

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

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

In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.

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

World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.

The true artform is being a human being.