I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

My job is to write songs that have emotional meaning to me.

We have something that is unique. We have our craft. We have our art. We have our desire.

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.

Walter Beasley is an anomaly: a successful performing musician who possesses the rare skill of understanding the musical process beyond the intuitive. This special ability enables Walter to communicate with aspiring musicians in a way that removes the sense of mystery that sometimes enshrouds our profession.

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

So much of Jazz doesn't have an audience other than music students or musicians.