People don't know that the very reason the police were made was to oversee slaves; they would be called overseers, and if a slave got out of line or tried to break away and escape, these were the people to hold them in and bring them back.

When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.

I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.

When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.

Although, the flesh is weak, the Spirit of God is always willing, and He makes us able.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him.

I'm art. You're art. We are God's greatest works, simple as that.