You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.

The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.

We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy.

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