Jazz Has Been Such A Force In

I Really Would Like To Be Involved In Things And To Understand Things, And In Some Ways You've Got To Be Careful What You Wish For Because I Feel Very, Very Blessed To Have Such An Interesting Life And To Be Able To Have Little Snapshots Of Lives Of People From Many Different Parts Of The World.

I Think The Purpose Of A Piece Of Music Is Significant When It Actually Lives In Somebody Else. A Composer Puts Down A Code, And A Performer Can Activate The Code In Somebody Else. Once It Lives In Somebody Else, It Can Live In Others As Well.

I've Been Traveling All Over The World For 25 Years, Performing, Talking To People, Studying Their Cultures And Musical Instruments, And I Always Come Away With More Questions In My Head Than Can Be Answered.

People Will Ask, 'are You Famous?' And I Always Answer, 'my Mother Thinks So.'

The Role Of The Musician Is To Go From Concept To Full Execution. Put Another Way, It's To Go From Understanding The Content Of Something To Really Learning How To Communicate It And Make Sure It's Well-received And Lives In Somebody Else.