Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.

As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.

You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.

Music has always been transnational.

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

I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.