A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round good fellow.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

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.

If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

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

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.