I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.
Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a ballad. It's important to understand what the song is saying, and learn how to tell the story. It takes time. I can't rush it. I really can't rush it.
It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.
Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it.
There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.