Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm all into the journey. It's fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I'm cool at the crossroads.

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.