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

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

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.

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

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