If all you have is music, then you don't have music

Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

Music is interior decoration.

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.

To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown.

No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?

Clouds float in the same pattern only once.