I've Been Curious Ever Since I Was

Each Human Being Exists Because There's Something They Have To Offer For The Evolution Of The Universe That Only They Can Fulfill.

It's Not The Style That Motivates Me, As Much As An Attitude Of Openness That I Have When I Go Into A Project.

I Don't Think There Are Any Pure Africans Of The African Americans, But The African Part Of Our History Was Pretty Much Taken Away From Us During Slavery, So The 60s Gave Us A Chance, Because Of The Civil Rights Movement, To Kind Of Re-examine And Make Some Sort Of Formal Connection To Our African-ness.

Jazz Is Really About The Human Experience. It’s About The Ability Of Human Beings To Take The Worst Of Circumstances And Struggles And Turn It Into Something Creative And Constructive. That’s Something That’s Built Into The Fiber Of Every Human Being. And I Think That’s Why People Can Respond To It. They Feel The Freedom In It. And The Attributes Of Jazz Are Also Admirable. It’s About Dialogue. It’s About Sharing. And Teamwork. It’s In The Moment, And It's Nonjudgmental.

One Thing I Like About Jazz Is That It Emphasized Doing Things Differently From What Other People Were Doing.