I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.

Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.

Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.

Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.

If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.