Music Truly Is The Universal Language.

I Hope To Use Dialogue And Culture As A Means Of Bringing People Of Various Cultures Together, And Using That As A Way To Resolve Conflict.

So Much Of What I Create Has Been Due To The Influence Of Miles Davis And Donald Byrd, And So Many Of Those That Have Passed On. Their Music, Their Legacy Lives On With The Rest Of Us Because We Are So Highly Influenced By Their Experience And What They Have Given Us.

When I Was In My Early Teens, I Remember Coming To The Conclusion That Your Life Never Ends.

I Don't Go Around, The Way Many Musicians Do, With Earbuds In My Ear Listening To My Ipod All Day And Just Sticking My Head In The Music All The Time.

I Feel A Lot More Secure About The Directions I Take, Than I Might Have, Had I Not Practiced Buddhism.