As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.

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.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.

People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.