In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.

I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.

Jazz to me is a living music.

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.