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

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.

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.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.

This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.

Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.