Another thing that I noticed is a lot of people in the hip hop scene have a great respect for jazz and have incorporated by sampling some elements that come from jazz.

Not too many people my age really zeroed in on the blues. Most of the people that listened to it were older than teenagers.

I knew of jazz, but I didn't like it. I always thought only older people liked jazz - you know, you had to be 19 or 20.

I'm aiming that towards people, towards humanity, not even just musicians. Because this is about life, not about musicians.

The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are creating in the moment. At our best, we're non-judgmental.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.