I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.

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

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.

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