Jazz is about being in the moment.

Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music.

I don't mind being classified as a jazz artist, but I do mind being restricted to being a jazz artist. My foundation has been in jazz, though I didn't really start out that way. I started in classical music, but my formative years were in jazz, and it makes a great foundation.

One of the greatest attributes of jazz, I think, is that it is that open.

You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize.