You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

It must be a hellish thing to know what's possible in music, to be hearing things all the time and not have an appropriate outlet for them.

If you start to dwell on your pain, the amount of pain will increase.

You can start from any source material, and you can approach it with a jazz ear, and then it will become a jazz moment.

Grammy nominations are certainly pleasant, but you can forget about them and lead a perfectly happy life - provided you have the approval of the musicians you work with.

I'd been studying philosophy at the University of Chicago. I hadn't been doing well, because I was sitting in with jazz musicians at night - it's hard to read Heidegger, but it's especially hard if you're half asleep.