People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.

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

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.

When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony ... and at the same time of hope and freedom.

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.

In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.