He looks great. He obviously received very good care.

We need to develop balance as a town.

I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.

My influences are, number one, hand to Jesus, Halle Berry. I think that she's so brilliant, and I love everything that she does, even 'Catwoman.'

There are still so many places in Gulf Shores that haven't been repaired or torn down from Ivan last year. I guess some places would be better off if they blew away...I don't think their owners can afford to repair them.