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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

What I'm identifying with is the vision or the idea - whatever was the little nugget that started it.