It's the repetitive thing that brings space. That's one of the things I love secretly about hip-hop. Jazz doesn't have that element. It changes every….

I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it..

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?.

"Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.' Which is why he was dri….

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything..

Experiment is actually doing the art. That's the experiment and then you get to experience the experiment..

I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in ….

I think we're an inspiration to young people, to know they can be honest and not run away from influences that are not jazz. We're definitely breedin….

Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some pe….

It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&….

Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be ho….

Jazz stopped being creative in the early '80s. After your acoustic era, where you had the likes of the Miles Davis Quintet, when it gets to the '70s ….

If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview..

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style..

Instead of hearing, "Oh, he's good," I'd rather hear, "Wow, you changed my feelings today, you made me feel different.".

Sometimes I'll write a song first and then I'm like, "Oh this person will be great on this song." But there are some artists I know what want, like o….

Jazz is a state of mind. There's no boundaries..

I think there's beauty in repetition. And that's part of my culture and African culture as well: repeated things, mantra. It's spiritual, it's medita….

You’ve got to be uncomfortable and rise to different occasions in order to become your best. No one is born a hero, but things happen and your respo….

When I hear the words jazz pianist, that just means I have the skills to do most things. Because to be a jazz pianist, even to be a bad jazz pianist,….

If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there..