Jazz is about being in the moment.

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.

You make different colors by combining those colors that already exist.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

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.

It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.