So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time.

The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.

When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.

The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an outgrowth of a lack of instruments and a desire to play music, so we can't really fault the kids for that.

Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship.

Jazz music is the power of now.