I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.

Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy.

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.

I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward.