Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
Jazz is about being in the moment.
Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.
The true artform is being a human being.
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.
The music becomes something that is its own entity.
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.
I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.
I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.
There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.
It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
