At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'

You don't need the fame to be vital.