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.

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am: my faith, my knowledge, my being.

Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.

Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.

Sometimes I think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.

Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.