Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of like it light.

rock 'n' roll, jazz and traditional folk culture.

The food, the jazz culture, the lovely ladies; I miss everything about New Orleans.

Jazz is one of the great, truly native American art forms. Along with the movies, it's probably the art that the rest of the world associates most deeply with America.

I'm an African bringing my culture to the Western world. But I use technology and rhythm and blues and jazz and rock. I make it easier for you by combining your tools with mine. But then some will say the music is not pure.