It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers.

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're doing. You're listening to all the musicians around you and you're working within that structure.

I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself.

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.