Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.

beset by more profound differences than any other bilateral relationship between major powers in the world today.

If you think about people's lives, you think about what's significant. And the things I find significant in my life are not the moments when people are yelling at each other. They're the moments when someone says something that is very poignant, but oftentimes not loud.

Jazz is democracy in music.

In some parts of the world there is very little tidal movement.

I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.