When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.

I'm never trying to preach to anybody with my music, but I'm aware of the universal nature of the human experience and I try to reach out and connect with people in that manner.

There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.

When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them, if that makes sense. I'm very much of this school of rhythm, it's the direction I'm drawn in when I'm writing and improvising.

Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.

In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments.