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

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Looking Forward

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

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" I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending on my instincts. "

" 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. "

" I try to practice with my life. "

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

" I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. "

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