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

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.

I might sound like the weird artist hippy girl or whatever, but I don't have a complaint about what jazz is or what I'm doing with music. And that's more of a philosophy on my life. I could find things that maybe could shift or change, but ultimately, it's like that's not a good way to live our lives and think about what we do.

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.