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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.