I can read and arrange, but I can't write.

Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things - all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.

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

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

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.

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.