Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.

Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

You're only as good as your last record.

I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.

My name is on the thing, but the reality of it is, when I get up there on stage, I'm part of a band. I'm part of a unit. It's like a basketball team.

You never get it figured out. You just keep playing.