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

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

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.

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

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.