I Hear Melodies And Hooks All Day.

Critics Like To Describe And Categorize Things, And Categories Often Have A Way Of Limiting People.

If You Want The Film [la La Land ] To Represent All Things Jazz, It Does Not. You'll Be Disappointed By That. But, If You Just See It As One Guy's Point Of View, One Filmmaker's Point Of View, And One Story Among Many Stories That Can Be Told About Jazz, Then It's Not As Much Of An Issue.

My Family Is Very Musical, I Was Surrounded By It. And From Four Years Old I Was The One That Asked My Mother Could I Take Piano Lessons... It Wasn't Forced On Me. It Was Something I Wanted To Do. And Ever Since, I've Never Stopped, I've Never Stopped Playing Music. I Never Went Through A Period Where I Didn't Want To Do It.

I Don't Get To Listen To Music For Fun Very Often; A Lot Of What I'm Hearing Is For Work And Isn't Released Yet.

I Always Felt That Rap Didn't Cause Crime; It Just Reflected It.