I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.

When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.

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.

I was reared in the church from the age of three. I've played piano since I was three. I performed at revivals and for my people around North Carolina for several years. People around town collected money to send me to school.

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

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.