1. “Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way.”
2. “In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness.”
3. “You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.”
4. “I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them.”
5. I just sit down and rattle it off.”
6. “I just see myself as a human being that’s concerned about life.”
7. “If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life… just maybe you’ll become a great musician.”
8. “You can’t be at your full creative power if you are sedated.”
9. “We’re here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That’s what art forms are about.”
10. “As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that’s never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.”
11. “I want to take people away from the ugliness and sadness around us every day and bring beautiful, deep music to as many people as I can.”
12. “That’s the thing about musicians. the priority is to create something new that’s never been before. And you put your life on the live every time that you play.”
13. “Some tracks are with quartet and some tracks are with synthesizer.”
14. “There’s enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.”
15. “My roots have never left me… because the very first memory I have is my my mom singing and me singing with her.”
