My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.

I hate the way chorus boxes sound

Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.

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.

The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.