Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening.
Reggie WattsI was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.
Reggie WattsWhen I'm at the piano, and I'm improvising some song about something, it usually oscillates between factual, absurd, and sincere.
Reggie WattsI'm always trying to see things from different peoples' perspectives, to understand why they love something.
Reggie WattsThe things that are reflected back at us, often times, are appealing to a base instinct that's about response as opposed to reflection. So for me, it's important to turn on a piece of information that might interest people, you know, that might interest them in pursuing or researching maybe, or even just thinking about it in that moment as I'm performing it.
Reggie Watts