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.'

You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.