You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy says, 'Yes, where are you going?' And he says, 'I want a ticket to nowhere.' I thought: that's it. The freedom to do that. I want a ticket to nowhere.

You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there.

Music is interior decoration.

I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!

The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

Your humanity is your instrument.

Play and write music the way you want the world to be.