Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.
Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.
The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.
I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.
We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage.
Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.
I am a romantic, I admit it.
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.
One thing you learn if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.
I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.
When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.
If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?
If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.
I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.
I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
