Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.

The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.

At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.

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

For me, rhythm is a type of divine mathematics in a way. No matter where you're from, we can all understand the mathematics of rhythm. I try to apply this mathematical thinking to my playing.

In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very complex, and very challenging. In order to play in fifteen, or eleven, or seven or even five, you have to have mastered that time in order to be able to be free with the music.

Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.