I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I just don't see it as an idiomatic thing any more...To me, if jazz is anything, it's a process, and maybe a verb, but it's not a thing. It's a form that demands that you bring to it things athat are valuable to you, that are personal to you. That, for me, is a pretty serious distinction that doesn't have anything to do with blues, or swing, or any of these other things that tend to be listed as essentials in order for music to be jazz with a capital J.

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.

The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.

I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.