When I Hear A Great Musician, I

In A Certain Sense, These Were Lessons I Learned By Playing With Indian Musicians. The Rhythmic Forms That They Use Are Very Complex, And Very Challenging. In Order To Play In Fifteen, Or Eleven, Or Seven Or Even Five, You Have To Have Mastered That Time In Order To Be Able To Be Free With The Music.

I Find Indian Music Very Funky. I Mean It's Very Soulful, With Their Own Kind Of Blues. But It's The Only Other School On The Planet That Develops Improvisation To The High Degree That You Find In Jazz Music. So We Have A Lot Of Common Ground.

The Whole Point Of Working And Practicing Your Whole Life Is So That You're Ready When That Moment Arrives; When The Inspiration Arrives, You Are Ready To Be At The Disposal Of Inspiration.

There Is Really No Spiritual Message That I'm Trying To Convey With My Music, It's Just A Personal Thing. I Really Believe That The More Personal We Get, In A Way, The More Universal The Implications.

I'm Not Any Different From You Or The Guy Down The Street Or Across The Globe, We're All Connected In Some Way And Hopefully My Music Can Integrate That Feeling Of Human Connectedness.