Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with.

Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself.

My dad would play me all of these records: Miles Davis records, John Coltrane records, Bill Evans records, a lot of jazz records. My first exposure to music was listening to jazz records.

The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing.

My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music.

I had an opportunity to start going around the world when I was about 18 years old. So, I did. That's one of the things that I was doing.

When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.

Learn more and Know more.

Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.

Tis much to gain universal admiration; more, universal love.

From the fallen tree everybody makes firewood.

The reason for the scaffolding on the tower of Saint Germain-des-Près is that a rich American has purchased it and is having it crated for shipping.

If you answered, ''Spin the Bottle,'' then I frankly do not want to know any more about your childhood.

I'm Latina. I was born with high heels. We crossed border in high heels. We were running from immigration...I can do aerobics in heels.

What is true for E. coli is also true for the elephant.

I'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women

A talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well is the chief instrument of cultural change.