I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.

The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.