The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.

Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!

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.

I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.

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

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