The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.

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

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.

What is deeper than respect and love? That’s what we felt: veneration.

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

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

When I say "our," I definitely mean all of America. It's not less pertinent for you because it comes from a Black person, just like a great achievement by an Anglo American is less important.