Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn.

Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid.

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I'm trying to let what's in there come out and acknowledge where I come from. I'm trying to make it more. ..true.

I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they're hearing something other than what I'm hearing.