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Jazz is a way of life, and you have to learn about it on the street, so to speak. But the training comes in by giving you the tools to work with.

I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.

It's always fun to talk about jazz.

You have to go out and learn jazz by playing.

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

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

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.