It's easy to talk about it in the abstract, but the devil's always in the details.

We can talk in the abstract about what a rebuilt New Orleans would look like. In the end that is not going to matter nearly as much, I hope, as what the people of the region themselves decide they want.

If I was a singer, I'd never do a tribute to Ray, ... If I was a piano player, I'd never do a tribute to Ray. But to take somebody that's so far away from what you do that you really love (I figured that) could be some interesting music. It's really been fun.

He is still dialed in and gives good counsel, and that is what we are seeking.

I think that he is one of the most unique voices in all of jazz. Nobody sounds like him.

This is music I've known since I first started to play the guitar. Ray's music was one of my inspirations: He was a super soul-music man, but he was also a jazz musician, too. I see him as the height of honest expression.