I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.

When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing... Oh my God! Ooh... Wow... You can see colors through music. Anything!

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There are all kinds of things that can be done. You can change rhythms, you can change chords, you can change whole concepts. But it will only work, on a record or in a performance, if you can make the people buy it.