I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
Listening is the key to everything good in music.
I just have never seen anyone build anything significant in any field without having a deep and detailed sense of what they are building on.
Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.
Sometimes I try to lose my identity, and I can't get rid of it!
One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.