I agree with taking the time and respecting the great innovators of the past, but the word innovation would cease to exist if we all do is look at the past.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

When synthesizers came along, it was the first time I thought that the two things I loved, which were science and music, could be put together.

Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.

I'm aiming that towards people, towards humanity, not even just musicians. Because this is about life, not about musicians.