Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings a certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.

...if our humanity - our soul as a society - is overtaken by the materiel and cosmetic, there will be no hope of peace.

I didn't think about politics until I came to Europe.

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

You should prepare when you go to a public event to be public. That's when I will sign autographs. But not when you're going about your normal business.

I was never a good student. I had to be dragged into kindergarten. It was hard to sit and listen to somebody talk. I wanted to be out, educated by experience and adventure, and I didn't know how to express that.

I guess some mistakes you never stop paying for.