I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.

I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

I'm seduced by the arts in general. Arts is like the power of now.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.

I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.

Love fuels a happy soul.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The sensible part of me wanted to dissect my emotions, overthinking and overcomplicating my reaction to Jev.

I grew up learning this stuff on the streets of New York. My brother and I used to play in the subway for money.

When a man understands who he is, who God is, who the devil is... then he can pick himself up out of the gutter; he can clean himself up and stand up like a man should before his God.

It is not what a man knows, but what he thinks of in time.

I've had Range Rovers for a few years actually.

to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.

Perception is a powerful tool.