I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz..

The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all to a way of playing….

...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play..

Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?.

When you compare music, you lose the joy of listening to it..

Hang on to your eccentricities, because they will give you a style..

I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative..

Sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and then go up a half-step', even though ….

We don't want any vocalist messing up the music..

One thing people always ask me is 'How do you play outside?' ... I have no idea how to teach that, but when I was discussing this with our bass playe….