My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to.

I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because thats where I practice and write and listen and study.

My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to.

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

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.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.