I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club in New York.

There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented.

It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music all the time and you want to learn about it and you want to be around the people who do it, you'll find your own way.

Phil [Wood] said to me in the car going back, he said, "Look man, you better know why you're playing this music. Because I've known too many who lived and died for it. And if you're not trying to change the world, I'm not interested."

Joe Henderson with Ron Carter and Al Foster at the Vanguard was just wow. And the energy of the three of them.

Love takes time. It's a process not a goal. Love is something that needs to be nurtured. But if there is one thing I urge you to start immediately it's focus on bringing out the best in each person on your team. When you love someone you want the best for him. You want him to shine. And the best way to do this is to help him discover the value inside him.

The best thing you can do is just go and have fun with [competition].