The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.
To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.
I just find things that work and embellish them.
I don't think nothing. I just do my work.
There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.
It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart.
I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political.
The value of art is in the observer.
Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.
Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.
Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.
I thought conceptual art was a joke.
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.
What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.
Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
Entertainment and art are not isolated.
The role of art in society differs for every artist.
Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.
