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.

I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.

I really create everything I do from the heart.

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

I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.

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

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