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You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be.

For me, music is in the choice of what not to play as much as in what you've chosen to play.

I'm not a theatrics guy who does things for effect. Whatever comes out is what I feel. It just comes out.

I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.

It can be an educational thing to play your songs to people because you see where you've gone right and where you've gone wrong.

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.