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

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

I don't want to be defined solely by what I do as a jazz musician at a club or a festival. That's not all of me. It's not even close.

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

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

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

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician.

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.