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

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and how to speak to one another, that our kids don't know that achievement, there's no way in the world that could be good for us.

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside.