My job is to write songs that have emotional meaning to me.

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.

Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything.

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.

So much of Jazz doesn't have an audience other than music students or musicians.

A product in the marketplace is the result of thought in an inner space and action more than the common place.

King John was not a good man, He had his little ways.And sometimes no one spoke to him, For days and days and days.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.

I'd never understood the injunction not to regret anything, couldn't see how that wasn't cowardice.

I get inspired by the notion of transforming people into extraordinary versions of themselves.

Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.

Get up. Go to work. Play the game. Get showered. Go home.

I want to be with my wife. Sitting on a deckchair, sipping some tea, and reading books in a retirement home, in a beautiful and warm place. I'm a romantic guy.