And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see.
I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.
Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.
People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.
Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
It's just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music.
When I make music, it's a very visual thing. Conjures up a lot of images.
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.
Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.
In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.
I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.
I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.
Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
I'll play with a hundred pieces or do a solo job.
I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.
It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.
People think anything done from a woman's perspective is only going to appeal to women.
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.
