A man goes to the village to visit the wise man and he says to the wise man, “I feel like there are two dogs inside me. One dog is this positive, loving, kind, and gentle dog and then I have this angry, mean-spirited, and negative dog and they fight all the time. I don't know which is going to win.” The wise man thinks for a moment and he says, “I know which is going to win. The one you feed the most, so feed the positive dog.

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.

Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.

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

You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.

Connection to the music and the history was very powerful to me. I think that's what I feel the most blessed about.

I had pestered [Phil Wood] for a long time. He finally agreed to do it. And I was excited and nervous and he couldn't have been nicer or more supportive from the minute I got to his house.