I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat..

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me..

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me..

Let your life be your music and let your music be your life..

The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warp….

I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived..

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work..

Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open e….

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin..

My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible..

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing..

Hard work is what keeps the ship moving..

If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that'….

After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand instead of using all your finge….

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Yo….

I love both my parents dearly..

I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way..

Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country..

In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played th….

I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music..

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend..