The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts..

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents..

Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about th….

I use the audience as my color palette, my instrument..

When you worry your face will frown, that will bring everybody down, so don't worry BE HAPPY!:).

I have a lot of albums yet to do..

If I can bring joy into the world, then I'll be successful..

The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it's the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it ba….

Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward….

I think play and joy and feeling good deserve more of our time. I don't see why adults are supposed to grow out of those things. If I have a mission ….

In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don't worry. Be happy..

Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls..

I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit..

I’m not a scholar or a psychologist, so I don’t really think about why. But I do think about what it means to sing to and with people, to offer music….

To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy..

Here's a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry, be happy In every life we have some trouble But when you wo….

To be a musician, you have to be honest... to be honest... to be honest..

If I sing "you broke my heart, you left me flat," everyone knows exactly what that means - they know the story. But if I sing a line that's plaintive….

I couldn't do anything without faith. I couldn't open up my eyes, I couldn't walk, I couldn't speak, I couldn't sing..

This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert... everyone has this sense of rejoicing. I don't want them to be blown away b….

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful..