To do it always right, that is what music is to me.

In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.

My goal was never to sell many records.

With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy.

I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.