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.

Hearing Phil [wood] a lot, those few years especially when I was going to hear music and Tom Harrell was in the band. Man that was incredible. Hearing Tom at that period, and hearing Phil in that period, and also [Charles] McPherson. Those three guys were very impactful. Very inspiring to me at the time.

[Phil wood] put on some [Igor] Stravinsky and say to follow the score, tell me to play me the opening to the Rite of Spring. Or, "I'm going to play you some 20th century obscure classical composer you don't know". Or, "Let's listen to some Charles Ives, let's sight read some Bartok violin duets", etc.

Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.

The secret to life and the greatest success strategy of all is to love all of it and fear none of it.

I was in choir [at school].