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

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

My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.

Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it!

I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound

What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity