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?

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

Composing is improvisation slowed down.

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.

Play and write music the way you want the world to be.