"I still remember the first time I heard the word 'nigger'. I was seven years old. A white man called me that. I didn't know what it meant, but I knew it was bad."

"I'm not playing anything new. I'm just playing me."

"There's some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em."

"I just want to be a good example for the young people."

"To me, jazz is a way of life, not just music."