Up-and-coming musicians can easily reach out and find a loving teacher, and that's definitely what happened to me.

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

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

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

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.

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