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" Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. "

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" One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people. "

" I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work. "

" You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life. "

" I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music. "

" I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment. "

" Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around. "

" I think people have learned that Herbie Hancock can be defined as someone that you won't be able to figure out what he's going to do next. The sky is the limit as far as I'm concerned. "

" I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict. "

" While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future. "

" I think I was supposed to play 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. "

" I don't see how we can have both the freedoms we had before and the safety net that we all need considering the way the world is today. And that's just because human beings can't trust each other. We've given in over and over to some of the darkest elements that exist in life itself. "

" I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time. "

" The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. "

" See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules. "

" Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person. "

" Sometimes you have to create a vision, a path for a vision. It may not be apparent, and you may have to forge it yourself. And that will be the way to move your life forward. "

" I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music. "

" One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything. "

" It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. "

" All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note. "

" I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. "

Looking Forward

" Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis. "

" When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to his house, the first thing I would say to him was 'Levester' - His name was Levester - I said, 'Levester, can I go play your piano?' So, on my 7th birthday, my parents bought me a piano. "

" At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music. "

" One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing. "

" Hip-hop is all over the planet. "

" It is people's hearts that move the age. "

" It's part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices. "