Chick Corea

The title 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' comes from 'I Ching,' an ancient Chinese book that I was into in the '60s when I was studying different philosophies and religions. ”

My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element. ”

I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow. ”

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are. ”

My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond. ”

I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it. ”

Only a spiritual being has awareness. ”

I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar, I'm playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that. ”

Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own. ”

When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love. ”