As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.

I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits?

You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.

Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'

Everything must change and you do what you can with the changes that are made. You can't stop it. You can't fight it. Everybody tries to go back to yesterday, but you can't go back to yesterday. The only time there is, is now.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.