Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?

If all you have is music, then you don't have music

Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

Your humanity is your instrument.

Clouds float in the same pattern only once.

I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!