The people are not coming because of me. They didn't come before me. It's because of a lack of education and understanding, so it makes me more motivated. It's like my mother said about having an artistic child - she learned more from him and he gets more attention and more of the love, not less.

Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.

When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.

There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.

The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.