It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

It's great to have other people's help. Then the music gets heard. There's a lot more commercial support for that now.

The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances.

No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!

My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.

I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.

I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.