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.

New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.

If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not - you are not smiling about it.

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

A beat is a moment in the life a groove.

Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.

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.