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.

Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.

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

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.