Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.

When I was young I used to listen to everything.

The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.

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

I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'