I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.

Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.

I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.

I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.

I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.

But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, theres a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression thats possible with the instrument.

If you are born to lead, be a leader!

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Try to relax. Sometimes the best offense is a good defense.

I don’t have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.

Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.

Mesut Ozil made me the worlds best striker

Life is the power to perceive. Without perception there is no life, and what is most endemic to perception is power.

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.

Try to exist even under hardest conditions! That is the effort which deserves the applauses most!

I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.