My Parents Are My Biggest Influences. My

My Kids Are The Most Inspiring Thing That Pushes Me. It Used To Be Because They Were Born, And I Had To Take Care Of Them. Now It's Because My Son Raps, And He's Better Than Me. So Now I Gotta Keep Up With Him, You Know What I'm Saying?

Woman Are Complex Creatures.

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.

I Try To Count The Blessings Rather Than The Problems.

I Was Kind Of Just Too Lazy To Take My Money Out Of The Bank Until I Saw How Citi Bank Responded To Occupy Wall Street.