We are all part of a universal game. Returning to our essence while living in the world is the object of the game. The earth is the game board, and we are the pieces on the board. We move around and around until we remember who we really are, and then we can be taken off the board. At that point, we are no longer the game-piece, but the player; we've won the game.

It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.

I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.

Bill Evans described his tunes as vehicles; they are vehicles for self-expression, or expression of the self.

If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level.

In many cases, the decision to study music has robbed them of the ability to play music. They have lost respect for music that comes from within because they have been programmed to feel "unworthy".

Nothing in music is hard, just unfamiliar.