Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

You could never tell what was going on with Miles. You'd always leave the session not knowing if they got anything of any value because it was always so different.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

This was put together not just as a series of notes and chords. If I depended on what anyone else thinks, I never would have stretched and discovered the various dimensions of myself.

It might have been somewhat derivative otherwise, and I'm not the kind of person who's satisfied with being derivative.

Things like creating in the moment, being in the moment, trusting your instincts, not being afraid to go outside the comfort zone.