The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.

I try to practice with my life.

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.

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.

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

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.