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As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people who have that power also. ”
The Human Condition' is me exploring some ideas and thoughts that I have that don't fit one sound. I'm giving emotions a sound - it's a fusion of genres. There are four EPs in 'The Human Condition'; each title is a different emotion. ”
I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots. ”
I really don't do much on the night of Thanksgiving other than bring the wine and carve the turkey. My contribution comes the day after, in the form of breakfast. I usually just forage through the leftovers for things that will go well with eggs. ”
I've been asked to endorse lots of different pieces of equipment. It's not necessarily that it's an awful thing to be asked to endorse something, because it's inherently a compliment to your skills, your abilities, on a level. But sometimes it's just not the right fit. ”
When you cut a film, certain scenes fall away and don't fit into the shape of the movie. ”
When we simply write a place off as, like, 'Well, it's just Trump country,' for the people who are there, we do them a disservice on some level. It's their country, too. ”
I feel like you could watch 'Grand Budapest' without sound, and it would still be funny. ”
Steven Wright can do Steven Wright very well. Not everyone can do Steven Wright's jokes with the same results. ”
A lot of the things I do deal with my race, but my race is who I am. I'm an American kid who grew up listening to predominantly hip-hop. I will talk about hip-hop as the music I grew up listening to, and I think sometimes people like to put it as, 'Oh, well, he's talking about black things.' And, yeah, they are, but that's my American identity. ”