When I was young I used to listen to everything.

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

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

We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.

I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during slavery, so the 60s gave us a chance, because of the civil rights movement, to kind of re-examine and make some sort of formal connection to our African-ness.

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

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