Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.

I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.

I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.