In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. But it seemed more important to me to share the vitality of Aikido and the vitality of Zen training with people, even though it would be a smaller number of people, it seemed to give them something that could last and improve their lives.

Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before.

Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.