The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.

In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.

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.

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.

Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.

A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.