The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself.

My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz records. My first exposure to music was listening to jazz records.

My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music.

I had an opportunity to start going around the world when I was about 18 years old. So, I did. That's one of the things that I was doing.

When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.

Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with.

When we grow up we all will understand that we have made mistakes which we are not proud of, but some of those are worth committing all.

There is such solace in the mere sight of water. It clothes us delicately in its blowing salt and scent, gossamer items that medicate the poor soul

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the undisturbed contentment of bliss.

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack

The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it.

I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.

True and lasting solution to correct ills can be found only by inner, collective transformation of human beings.