I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.

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

We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you have to remain 110% conscious, and in a world that's losing consciousness, that's getting harder.

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again.

Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.

I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.