I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly

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.

Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.

It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom. To me if it's anything, jazz is a verb ? it's more like a process than it is a thing.