I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

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

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

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

I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.

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

There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have.