I think we're in a time and place, the last 20 plus years, and certainly now, it's only more so, where it's just about us creating a body of work. Creating hopefully our own scene.

Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.

Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.

I saw a nice interview with Dave Binney recently. He was saying, "Man it was never easy. It's not like 'Oh wow, the good old days.' What, when certain people couldn't vote?" There was more work for musicians in the '40s, '50s, '60s. But I don't think it was ever easy.

Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.

When you experience resistance, you find the lessons that you are meant to learn

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