The United States is a beautiful place, you know?

There's so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.

I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.

Art and music is part of what it means to be a human being. And if you're neglecting that, you're basically ignoring a huge side of the brain and a huge side of what it means to be human.

When you're an artist, you're generally working at home alone in a studio. It's just really good to get with other guys and make art something you can share.

I was always extremely creative. I was very artistic and never strong with numbers or science. I wanted to be an artist or a fashion designer. I wanted to be something that allowed for a lot of imagination.