I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is

Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted

I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.

Music is one big thing to me.