Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

Music truly is the universal language.

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.

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 value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.