Well, Grover Washington Was My Main Influence

You Can't Just Walk Away When Somebody Recognizes You. You Have To Take Some Time Out And Talk To Them. It's Not A Waste Of Time - I Just Love Talking To People. And I Don't Do This To Sell Records. The Truth Is, I Do What I Do Because I Love It.

I've Never Personally Criticized Anyone Else's Music, But I Know That The Public's Real Problem Is Not The Music I Make But The Perception That I Play Simple Music For Money Only And For The Notoriety And To Increase My Popularity.

I Don't Play The Traditional Charlie Parker Songs. But I Do Improvise And I Do Create With My Instrument, And That To Me Is Jazz. But There Are People Who Use The Word 'jazz' Only In A Traditional Sense, And They Would Be Offended By That, And That's Fine.

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, Cannonball Adderley, And John Coltrane.

I Really Create Everything I Do From The Heart.