Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new wor….

I love to travel to hear different kinds of music..

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times..

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being o….

I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am..

I'm just human, I have faults like anyone.

Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phras….

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were..

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served..

As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the big jazz stars, both now and in ….

What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal..

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did..

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was..

My name sounds French but that's just a stage name..

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman..

It's a new dawn, it's a new day...and I'm feeling good..

When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head..

I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and wa….

I applied for a scholarship to Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. I knew I was good enough, but they turned me down. And it took me about six….

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to e….

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music..