When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't - if you can't tell a person what you're talkin' about when they're rushin' or droppin' the tempo, you get somebody else.

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

Play what you know and then play above that

He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.