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" My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences. "

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" When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie. "

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" Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old. "

" The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that. "

" The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable. "

" I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing. "

" I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology. "

" It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not. "

" It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own. "

" I enjoy music wherever it's coming from. "

" I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean. "

" I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency. "

" My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music. "

" When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music. "

" I'm a composer, man. "

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" American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without. "

" I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play. "

" I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist. "

" As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer. "

" More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public. "

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" I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in. "

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" The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues. "