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" Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me. "

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" It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz. "

" The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there. "

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

" Nobody told me I was a child prodigy. "

" I'm not special, no more special than anybody else. "

" The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness. "

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

Looking Forward

" We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us. "

" Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am. "

" Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music. "

" I'm one of the people who was a pioneer in encouraging musicians, early in the game, to get interested in technology, and now all the musicians are getting into it. "

" I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures. "

" Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. "

" One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values. "

" When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being? "

" I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music. "

" So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us. "

" We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion. "

" When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best. "

" 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. "

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

" Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision. "

" Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. "

" Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.' "

" You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. "

" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "