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

Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they tend to start playing only the things that they can play, rather than the things they can't.

I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.

Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do

Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence.