If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.

Jazz is a state of mind. There's no boundaries.

When I hear the words jazz pianist, that just means I have the skills to do most things. Because to be a jazz pianist, even to be a bad jazz pianist, you have to be pretty good.

I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it.

There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.

I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.

"Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.' Which is why he was driving a Rolls-Royce."

People ought to shop smart and really think about what they are buying.

Han Solo: Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her.

Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts.

Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.

Me releasing my music, if anything, is an opportunity to show the world my stories and tell the world my stories.

Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

I don't hate it. It does no good to hate something you can't change.

Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.

History is the study of the world's crime

I love the HRC. The initials are great.