If I stand there, appreciating the world around me as full of amazing sounds and the possibility of new ones, I think that invites other people to se….

I bury my mind in my book, the Bible. Every morning it's the first thing that I do. I've been doing it for years and years. So I want to come back he….

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled….

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music..

Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life. You can try a new way of singing a song you’ve performed for years….

I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar..

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put toget….

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One ….

When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking to u….