I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

Arts is like the power of now. When you're performing, when you're playing, when you're sculpting, painting, it's that moment. I'm in the moment of my life, and that's what I love to do.

I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

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

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 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.