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I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I mean, American jazz, for me, is the best thing culturally that America has produced.
If Miles Davis hadn't died it would have been interesting to do an album with him, but there wasn't much else that would have got me into the studio... although Herbie Hancock has just been in touch about doing something and that would be an interesting combination.
Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.
History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy.
I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.
When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.
I can just be a Christian who sings mainstream music instead of having to be a Christian who has to somehow just sing Christian music.
I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.
I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.
