But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

Music isn't about music, it's about life.

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never really know. But the whole thing is to work at the process of being in sync with the universe, so that everything will align at the proper time so that you can deliver that which is your life mission. And that's why we're here as individuals. And then there's our contribution to the collective. It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

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

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.