“Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anyt...” — Miguel Zenon Quote

“Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anything that involves him entails a large amount of respect.”

“I feel that, as a Puerto Rican and Latin American musician, a lot of the stuff that I write, even if I mean it or not, is gonna have some elements of that.”

“The way I like to think about it is, even though I started music early - I started in classical music - it wasn't until I discovered jazz that I really fell in love with music and realized this was what I wanted to do for a living.”

“You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.”

“I was waiting on 'Angie Tribeca' to start filming, so I was like, I can go over to 'Black-ish' and write until they're ready to shoot 'Angie Tribeca.' Then the guy who was supposed to play Charlie didn't show up, and Kenya Barris, the creator, asked me if I would play that role. Charlie is based on Kenya Barris.”