"In the beginning let's say Weather Report was a joint thing. Then, after the second album there's no question about i…"

"[Weather Report] has never put out a record that we didn’t believe in, and there’s no way in the world that anybody w…"

"That was one thing about [Mr. Gone] that I really love us for–that we did not try to jump on the bandwagon of ‘Birdla…"

"To me, this is very boring music—most of it. It has nothing happening. Nothing is sticking. They’re playing music per…"

"An instrument is not important. It is the way one plays that is important. Instruments don’t play by themselves. A pi…"

"Everything is in decline the moment you stop giving the artist freedom. That goes for everywhere, but it is happening…"

"Jazz music is a lifestyle. It’s not notes, chords and arpeggios. Today’s improvisation is too based on the knowledge …"

"Being curious is an absolute rule of life. If you don’t have that, I don’t know what you're doing in this music."

"Even while I was studying at [Manhattan School of Music], I was learning about melody and rhythm, and theory, and har…"

"You must remember that it was a different time...It was before everyone was looking into their smartphones. There wer…"