People are afraid to spend money now because they dont know how long theyre going to be working.

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

The music becomes something that is its own entity.

When I was young I used to listen to everything.

A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.

As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.

There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.