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I try to practice with my life.
Jazz is about being in the moment.
I think I was supposed to play jazz.
You don't need the fame to be vital.
Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.
Music truly is the universal language.
It is people's hearts that move the age.
The true artform is being a human being.
Music isn't about music, it's about life.
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.
I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
When I was young I used to listen to everything.
I'm not special, no more special than anybody else.
Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy.
Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.
The music becomes something that is its own entity.
But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.
Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.
I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.
Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did.
I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.
Wisdom is the key to understanding the age, creating the time.
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.
We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.
We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.
I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.
Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment.
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.
All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.
I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize.
One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.
You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune.
Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.
Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.
There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.
I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.
Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century.