Don't Bullshit' Just Play.

As You Get Older - For Example, In Our Band We Have Members Of Our Orchestra, Like Carlos Enriquez And Ali Jackson And Walter Blanning. I Taught Them When They Were In High School, And Now They Teach Me.i'll Regularly Call Ali And Say, "man, Can You Break This Rhythm Down For Me?" Or Carlos Was Actually Our Music Director In Cuba, And He's Been Instrumental In A Lot Of My Education, And I Started To Develop A Saying With Them, Because They Tease Me All The Time - You Get Older, You Have That Familiar Relationship - I Say, "you Have To Follow Your Young Leadership, Too."

For Black People, We're One Of The Only Groups Of People That For Some Reason To Express Love Of Yourself, In Some Ways, Is Misconstrued As A Dislike For Someone Else.

Everything About The Swing Is About Some Guideline And Some Grid And The Elegant Way That You Negotiate Your Way Through That Grid.

And My Identity...i Never Really Wondered About It Because, Unfortunately, I Sounded Like Myself. People Be Saying I Sound Like Miles Or Clifford Brown.

My Mother Always Took My Brothers And Me To Music Lessons. There Were Six Children. Our Parents Attended Our Concerts And Encouraged Us To Study And Enjoy Many Different Types Of Music.