Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. But to allow you to trust not only yourself but trust others means - is what's required to be vulnerable, and to have that kind of trust takes courage.

In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

Music truly is the universal language.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.

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