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

I'm very conscious of the idea of trying to each time present something that I haven't presented before. It's a challenge to me to find something new, to find something innovative, but it's also very exciting.

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.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it.

Jazz is about being in the moment.