Music should never be harmless..

I know what I want! And I just go for it..

Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonb….

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation..

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Stop shoulding on yourself.

Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself..

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul..

Unlike anything heard before. This is jazz for the 21st century..

I just fell in love with the integrity of the music & that was it..

When it comes to asking for raise, you just have to do it in the right way. You may get a no, and that's fine, but ask and make sure you know when yo….

I know jazz is completely un-American. But the reason why America doesn't like it is because it's not funny. We [americans] have made jazz funny..

By Googling myself, I'm not going to find anything I like..

I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone..

The ideal length of time for sex to last is the entire relationship, breaking only for snacks..

I learned early on that I'd rather not be taught something somebody else's way, I'd rather do it the most organic way I know. So, whatever I end up w….

I was hired as a penciler..

The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy..

God is always at work around you..

We simply have not kept in touch with poetry.

Every intentional act is a magical act..