It is people's hearts that move the age.

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.

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize.