They were missing all the enthusiasm, the creativity; that whole excitement about the music was lost. A lot of people are really going back looking for that.

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

A chord is just the name of a sound.

Many times you never know what's going to happen. You'll play songs that you never thought you were going to play.

Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet.

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.

Music is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no telling what, as long as we remain free to be able to create the music, to be able to experiment and to really research, and to really get time to develop the music.