I wanted a trumpet concerto that reflected Native American music because, well, there aren't any. I looked around for one but couldn't find anything. So it's a wide-open field.

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.

I did the one with the big butt. They said they want something that looks like a Renoir with the face of a 19th-century painting, so we had to do a grotesque painting. It was done in four days.

The African-American Freedom Trail: From Slavery to Freedom in New York City

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.

One guy had a [Nintendo] Power Glove-like deal. It looked like he had arthritis or something, but he was playing an electronic harmonica.