Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.

When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.

Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.

Wynton Marsalis is jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.

Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.