Music Is The Center Of My Life.

Jazz Is Not Just Music, It's A Way Of Life, It's A Way Of Being, A Way Of Thinking.

You Can't Be Different If You Look At It. Being Gifted Is Different. I Had That In My Piano Playing. I'm Very Thankful For That. I'm Very Aware Of That. The Style And What I Fed Is Just Me. I Never Worked At It. It Just Happened.

I Can Read And Arrange, But I Can't Write.

Since I Was Three I've Been Playing The Piano. I've Been Onstage. My Mother Is An Evangelist And I Used To Play The Piano At Her Revival Meetings.

To Be Young, Gifted And Black!