“My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane a...” — Kamasi Washington Quote

“My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders.”

“So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.”

“I've known that about myself, that I've had two sides: one that's pretty tactical, down to earth, aware. There's also a really spacey side. But I realized they're kinda the same thing.”

“I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and 'Westworld', where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me.”

“For years, my dad's friend Joe was just my dad's friend. And it was only when I was 12 or 13 I learned that he was the lead singer of a band called The Clash.”

“My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.”