I really create everything I do from the heart.

I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.

I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

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

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just a normal kid taking instrumental lessons at school, nothing special.