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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The music becomes something that is its own entity. "

" It's easy to get sidetracked with technology, and that is the danger, but ultimately you have to see what works with the music and what doesn't. In a lot of cases, less is more. In most cases, less is more. "

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

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

" 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've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique. "

" I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal. "

" Jazz is about being in the moment. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Take whatever happens and try to make it work. "