I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young

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

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.

To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.

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

What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity