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

Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

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?

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.

There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.