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

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.

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

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.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

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.