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.

What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

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

It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that.

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.

That's my ideal day, time with my boys.