You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

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

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

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

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

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

Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

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.

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