It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.

We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

To keep creating you have to be about change.

Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.

If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention.

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

My future starts when I wake up every morning.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Music is the framework around the silence.

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

First you imitate, then you innovate.

It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

In music, silence is more important than sound.