It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started to connect with my heart, and I haven't followed some kind of marketing scheme.

I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a TV set, literally.

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.