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

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.

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

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

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

I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum.

We need more math classes, we need more science. It's the art of math and the art of science that creates all the innovation, and we have a tradition of great arts, great music.