I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

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.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.

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 play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.

I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.