Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

The world's a better place since I chose music.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.