Like no matter what happens, this would be the ultimate, they can make something positive happen.

I have to care and I have to be honest and have the courage to be vulnerable. If that happens, then that's the best I can do. To just be a puppet for the audience is not very courageous. Just to do whatever they say they want - because a lot of times people will hear something new that they hadn't heard before and get turned on by a new experience and will want to hear more of that.

We can all be ourselves, be true to ourselves, and all be together.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

In the past, there's always been one leader that has led the pack to development of the music.

The true artform is being a human being.