Music Isn't About Music, It's About Life.

Globalization Means We Have To Re-examine Some Of Our Ideas, And Look At Ideas From Other Countries, From Other Cultures, And Open Ourselves To Them. And That's Not Comfortable For The Average Person.

I'm Aware That A Lot Of What Is Happening In Jazz Has Not Had A Very Dynamic Change In A Long Time.

I Don't Think There Are Any Pure Africans Of The African Americans, But The African Part Of Our History Was Pretty Much Taken Away From Us During Slavery, So The 60s Gave Us A Chance, Because Of The Civil Rights Movement, To Kind Of Re-examine And Make Some Sort Of Formal Connection To Our African-ness.

While Knowledge May Provide Useful Point Of Reference, It Cannot Become A Force To Guide The Future.

We Are Eternally Linked Not Just To Each Other But Our Environment.