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

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.

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.

When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.

Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.

Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.

How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.