If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.

The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.

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!

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.