I grew up listening to everything. You know, from Argentinean folk music, tango, jazz, rock, just everything.

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

That's folk music, swing, country blues, old time country, jazz. It's the roots of American music.

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.