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

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

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.

I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.

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