I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

I take my craft very seriously.