I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

What families have in common the world around is that they are the place where people learn who they are and how to be that way.

Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.

A mother's love is a sanctuary, Where our soul can find sweet rest, From the struggle and the tension, Of life's fast and futile quest.

Keep your eye on the main event.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That's kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the '70s and early '80s. People have convenient memories.

One is not oneself every day-fortunately.

I will be waiting here.... For your silence to break, For your soul to shake, For your love to wake!

The rich get richer until the poor get educated.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.