I Almost Never Watch Tv,

Ethics Are More Important Than Laws. Which Means That The Exact Note Is Less Important Than The Feeling Of The Note.

Don't Settle For Style. Succeed In Substance.

I Try To Put A Lot Of Our Music In My Music - By That I Mean Of American Music.

I Worry More About The Marketing That's Taken Hold Since The 70s. The Jazz Era, The Swing Era, Those Were Huge. Entire Decades Were Named For Music. In The 1940s - After World War Ii - Changes In Taxation, Ballrooms Closing, People Moving To The Suburbs, And The Onset Of Target Marketing And The Confusion Of Commerce With Art Caused Some Things To Happen As A Result That Have Taken Us Away From Jazz And What Jazz Offers Us.

I Think That Virtuosity Is The First Sign Of Morality In A Musician. It Means You're Serious Enough To Practice.