I had an opportunity to start going around the world when I was about 18 years old. So, I did. That's one of the things that I was doing.

Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself.

My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz records. My first exposure to music was listening to jazz records.

The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music.

When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.

Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with.

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.

Mother, I will look to like. If looking liking moves.

Watching movies is my one distraction.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

Patience? Certainly no! We have no time for patience! While tomorrow is just an assumption, it is not reasonable to be patient!

There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.

The pain is unrelenting; one does not abandon, even briefly, one's bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes.