I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.

I don't think we listened to any rock n' roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.

I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.