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

One Thing That Sticks In My Mind Is That Jazz Means Freedom And Openness. It's A Music That, Although It Developed Out Of The African American Experience, Speaks More About The Human Experience Than The Experience Of A Particular People.

I Keep Recycling And Repackaging Music That I've Done In The Past, As Though I Can't Write Anymore. Like, Okay, I'm Done With That. But I Need To Kind Of Prod Myself Again Into Come On, Herbie, Get Off Your Duff And Start Writing Some New Music.

Creativity Shouldn't Be Following Radio; It Should Be The Other Way Around.

You Can Practice To Attain Knowledge, But You Can't Practice To Attain Wisdom.

One Thing I Like About Jazz Is That It Emphasized Doing Things Differently From What Other People Were Doing.