Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate.

When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!

Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.

I am a romantic, I admit it.

If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It's a language that was alien and then it's less and less alien as it continues to live.

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.