I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds like a talented high-school trumpet player to me... he's 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 can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.

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

The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.

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

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