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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.
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people who have that power also.
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.
Jazz scares me. I've witnessed so many incredible singers and jazz musicians. Pop and soul music have always been the things that I felt like I could do.
I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves.
I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.
You don't have to be fearless to do anything; you can be scared out of your mind. I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a 'jazz musician' - it's a big responsibility.
