I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

The only reason is that I hadn't seen The Modern Jazz Quartet perform live and a live performance is often where the real experience of jazz takes place. I'm not familiar with the Boswell Sisters.

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

When I traveled through Greece in the '90s, everything [Albert Hoxie] taught me came flooding back and I was able to appreciate the art and culture much more because of him.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.