Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts..

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy..

So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their l….

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around..

Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really cam….

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am..

Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy..

It is people's hearts that move the age..