Dinner 'conversation' at the Cohens' meant my sister, mom, and I relaying in brutal detail the day's events in a state of amplified hysteria, while my father listened to his own smooth jazz station in his head.
I was serious about ballet for a long time, but my mom got me into tap and jazz and modern and hip-hop, and I was one of those over-lessoned children.
The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees.
Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.
And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.
After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz.
Great music is great music. It doesn't matter what genre it belongs.
To me the bottom line is: good music is good music.
Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.
I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.
There's only one type of music and that's good music, no matter what genre it is.
I really love music, and I definitely love playing music and getting to be a part of music.
We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
I've loved Michael Jackson, his music, his music videos.
I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.
Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
Everyone has learned how to monetize music except the music industry.
I'm trying to fuse popular and commercial music and just make very creative music. It's popular music: it's everything for everybody.
I'm a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.
