I Was Always A Very Good Student.

Among The Important Realizations I Had In My Own Days In The Practice Room Was That If Any One Route To Any One Phrase Didn't Work After Days Of Trying, Then The Exact Opposite Route Should At Least Be Explored, As Well As Every Alternative In Between, As Counterintuitive As That Often Seemed.

Certainly, Jazz Has Become More Of A Niche, Which Is Surprising, Because It's Our Music. It's The National Music Of America.

I Don't Want To Be Somebody Who Stands Still And Sings Pretty. Each Song Is A World. Each Song Is A Story. I Don't Achieve Nearly What I Want.

Music Was Language In Our House. It Was Air.....i Feel Certain That If I Absorbed Any Lessons At All In The First Months And Years Of My Life, They Must Have Been About The Work That Went Into Making A Beautiful Sound.

I'm Lucky - I Can Do Two Things At Once.