I want to be connecting with the subconscious, if I can call it that, because there are not to many words to describe the real deep inner part of a human beingI want to be at that place where everything is blotted out and where creativity happens, and to get there I practice, you know I'm a prolific practicer, I still practice every dayYou have to have the skills, then you want to not think when you're playing, that's when you let whatever deep level of creativity, spirituality, I mean, you know these words are so inadequate these days but you want to get to this place where they exist.

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.

My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.

Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.

I'll know when I find the ultimate sound.

Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.

What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years.