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

So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does.

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.

One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.

I never dreamed I would be a Goodwill Ambassador, and for UNESCO. Perfect organization. It is apolitical and it's about education, science and culture. I mean that is what I live. That is what UNESCO is really about; it's all about bringing human beings together with one common goal, which is to move human kind forward.