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I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

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

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician.

Jazz can be a blank canvas full of possibilities.

I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

I'm not a jazz singer.

I wouldn't call myself a jazz player or a blues player.