I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

You’ve got to be uncomfortable and rise to different occasions in order to become your best. No one is born a hero, but things happen and your response makes you a hero. It’s instinctual, it’s something that you may not even realize is there.

Once I started getting mainstream people to my shows, I realized we were taking too many solos, and they were too long. I started gauging when people were going on their iPhones.

If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything.

I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it.