Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways - it's infinite. It's like God... you know?

I don't like to go to strange places.

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

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.

I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.