I started playing piano when I was 7. And I started with classical lessons. Then I really got exposed to jazz.

I decided years ago that I wasn't interested in being a virtuoso of the piano.

So my parents, particularly my mother, she noticed that I seemed to be interested, so on my seventh birthday my parents got me a piano.

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

Aside from that, what was more in our heads when we made the new album is the concept of forging through and exploring new territory and encouraging other musicians to not be afraid to explore new territory.

Still, when I finally left Miles in '68 and got my own band, it was a logical step; because anybody that left Miles always had their own band.