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.

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

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake 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.

I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.