I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.

I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

Just imagine, among 8.7 million species, only one has become smart enough to ponder over the meaning of life. This simple evolutionary fact itself implies the gravitas of human life.

Beauty comes to us more readily on a full belly.

A dam tears at all the interconnected webs of river valley life.

Death is not the problem; waiting around for it is.

My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.

God does not believe in our God.

If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example.

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.