It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.

I think I was supposed to play jazz.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

Jazz is about being in the moment.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.

I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae.

Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish.

I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that I could do what I wanted to do. And they said I could.

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician.

I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as a fun project for me though, I'm still not sure about releasing it.

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.