There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.

I've been lucky with the circle of people I'm playing with. We've played enough that there's a language we talk with each other when we play.

There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.

Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.

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.

For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being - old guys and young guys, black guys and white guys. It was setting an example for what the rest of us could be.

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