Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.

Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.

I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.

Influence people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.

I am on the side of pluralistic societies, and I will do whatever I can - by the best means available and any means necessary - to protect spaces that encourage open communication between people.

Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt.