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Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way. It's such a fulfilling vocation. I love it.

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

Jazz is a hard music, and you have to really work hard and also have fun performing; that's the most important thing.

I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.