In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one another - by collaborating with one another and creating your own network - you can achieve something that is much better than what is out there.

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.