Jazz music is the power of now.

I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.

When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with the Anglo American hymns, the Afro American hymns, the spirituals and how it developed, up to Thomas Dorsey and the Dixie Hummingbirds, going through the history of the music, jazz musicians.

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.

Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.

Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.