I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.

Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I'm sure of this; I've always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well.

You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.