A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing us all, his very strong commitment & motivation to aim for high musical goals. Talent like his is rare.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

Make the drummer sound good.

If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that.

Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.