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

More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.

If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord.

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.

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

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