The music becomes something that is its own entity.

When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.

I spent five years, at least, working with Miles. Together, we recorded ESP, Nefertiti, Sorcerer -- and I can tell you; each of these albums instantly became jazz classics. Hey, we had Wayne Shorter playing tenor sax, Ron [Carter] on bass, Tony Williams played drums. That was great band we had.