Music, to me, is mankind's greatest possible achievement because look at all the good it does.

I like how I write better than how I speak.

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.

I don't have talent. I have tenacity.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

If you are a musician who has released albums, it would perhaps be morbidly interesting to know how much you would be owed if everyone who now has your music had actually bought your record.