All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.

When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.

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.

Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

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.

The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.