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

Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage.

You don't need the fame to be vital.

Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.

It's part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices.