Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than the exterior.

There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.

I grew up weird - very sensitive and highly inhibited. I felt like I was born in the wrong time zone to the wrong people at the wrong place.

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.

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.

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.

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.