I don't want my children to be what I want them to be. I want them to become everything God created them to be.

We often have to lose what we thought we wanted to find what God wants for us

The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing people that week.

So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution.

I think we had a Ben Webster/Gerry Mulligan record... that might have been it. We only had a few records in the house.

Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure.

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.