I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.

Considering the great heritage in music that we have - the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of those who are to come - I feel that we have every reason to face the future optimistically.

I'm into scales right now.

There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself... I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.

I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of people.

If you're bourgeois, money is it. It's all the questions and all the answers. Ain't no E-flat or color blue, only $12.98 or $1,000. If it isn't money, it isn't nothing.

I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.