I never read comics growing up. I didn't have money and I don't like to touch paper.

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

My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'

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.

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.

I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else.

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