Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.

It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.

Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

My son is a hip-hop producer.

It has been proven time and time again in countless studies that students who actively participate in arts education are twice as likely to read for pleasure, have strengthened problem-solving and critical thinking skills, are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.