God Gave Us Music, So We Play

There Are Staples To My Show. I Have To Be Conscious About Switching Things Up Because I Know People Who Saw Me Last Year Will Say, 'he Did That Last Time.' But If Certain Things Work, They Work.

I Will Never Do A Record Without Some Sense Of Responsibility.

I'm Not Looking To Set A Standard... But, I Believe I Have Offered A Challenge To Others With My Work.

Jazz Is The Greatest American Art Form And Our Greatest Export. We Don't Pay Attention To The Youth Of Jazz, Don't Stoke The Fires Creatively For The Youth Coming Up. I Feel Like Jazz Musicians Became Too Much Of Purists - With Donald Byrd Doing Funk Jazz In The '70s.

It’s Very Seductive To Focus On What You Don’t Like As Opposed To Celebrating All That It Is That You Do.