It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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