If you want the film [La La Land ] to represent all things jazz, it does not. You'll be disappointed by that. But, if you just see it as one guy's point of view, one filmmaker's point of view, and one story among many stories that can be told about jazz, then it's not as much of an issue.

I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do. And then also I kind of had this kind of ideal of the kind of music I want to make and what I'm aiming for kind of creatively and just the quality of the music that I'm trying to make. And I have that in my head.

Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things.

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.