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.

There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody cares that it's there.

It's a pity if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.

I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

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.