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

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

Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.

I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.