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.

Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.

I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.

Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it.

When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where most of the interesting stuff is.