Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

I write to get ideas out of my head

There must be darkness to see the stars.

I'm albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community.

I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.

Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?

If you're looking where everybody else is looking, you're looking in the wrong spot.

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.

Don't blame God for your lack of success.