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" In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music. "

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" When the suggestion was made that I might consider doing music of Joni Mitchell, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Joni, I admire not only for her music but for her person, because she's a person that really stands out for what she believes in. "

" I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home and play the record. "

" In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered. "

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

" But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already. "

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

Looking Forward

" I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

" I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being. "

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

" You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist. "

" The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way. "

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

" My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet as a call for world harmony on all levels. "

" I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being. "

" 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. "

" We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment. "

" 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. "

" Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Jazz is about being in the moment. "

" 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. "

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