I'm Not Really On A Mission To

My Dream As A Child Was To Play With A Bass Player Like Ray Brown, Who Played With The Oscar Peterson Trio. The Feeling I Had Listening To His Work Was Almost Carnal, So To Actually Play For Him Was Earth-shattering For Me.

When You Drive By Radio City And You See Your Name Up There And It's Only 'your' Name. I Just Went 'ooh'. I Thought This Is Really Like Looking At Another Person.

You're Creating An Intimacy That Everybody Feels, That It's Their Experience, Not Yours. I'll Never Introduce A Song And Say, Now This Song Is About 'my' Broken Heart.

It Is A Privilege And An Honor To Perform On Steinway Pianos.

I Think That I Was Being Much More Uptight About Those Things Before. I Feel Like I Really Don't Have To Prove Anything At This Point Other Than What I'm Doing.