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" It's not easy to play in a framework that requires simplicity and to tastefully find ways to interject the kind of freedom that we have in playing jazz. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I think I was supposed to play jazz. "

" It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. "

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

" As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in. So, I'm concerned about peace. I'm concerned about - about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment. "

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

" I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others. "

" 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. "

" One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle. "

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

" But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father. "

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

" Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference. "

" I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn. "

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

" The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas. "

" My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor. "

" 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. "

" The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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