I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.
Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.
To be young, gifted and black!
You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.
Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.