If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.
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.
I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.
Small mind competes, big mind collaborates and great mind encompasses.
The Highest Being reveals himself in man.
The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
In obstetrics and gynecology, the term abortionist is still a dirty word.