I don't think you can separate a person's "style" and his persona. If you're writing or improvising honestly, you will inevitably reflect who you are.

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact.

Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it.

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

We don't know the power that's within our own bodies

In the times of barbaric wars

No one will help you when you are left with problems. so plan how to face the crucial situations alone. God doesn't give a problem which you cant solve.

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

I just thought you might like to know that I passed a kennel on the way to the game and your mother is all right.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

Real web designers write code. Always have, always will.

Artists are part of the information process... Visual history is important in providing a record of what is going on - levels of intention, levels of confidence, levels of aggression or control.

You know why they hate me, cause they love me.

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

There is a lot of snobbery towards pop music, to me and pop in general - it's kind of a despised art form.