It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never really know. But the whole thing is to work at the process of being in sync with the universe, so that everything will align at the proper time so that you can deliver that which is your life mission. And that's why we're here as individuals. And then there's our contribution to the collective. It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

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

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.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.

Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.

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