Many of the people I'm gratified to see have gotten acclaim like Mark Turner or Bill Charlap. Ed Simon or Maria Schneider or Jim McNeely or Scott Robinson. Ken Peplowski, who is a friend and somebody I admire a lot.

I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

One negative person can create a miserable office environment for everyone else.

We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was in the '70s.

[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in things.

When [Charlie Parker] saw the young guys, especially the ones that were scuffling... "Did you eat today?" And if you hadn't eaten, he'd take you and buy you some lunch.