I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.

That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.

The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.

I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.

There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.

I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines.