Eight questions. One honest conversation — with himself.
Roy Jazz Grant sat down with the one interviewer who knows every story — himself. From a school jazz band called Divine Unity to 112 releases, from the pulpit to the decks, and what's next. October 2026.
"Before I came to Florida, I helped start the first jazz band in my school — it was called Divine Unity. Everyone called me Jazz, and it stuck with me all the way to Florida."
"Life. Pain. Joy. Happiness. Hard work. Sweat. Mistakes — and more."
"It's who I am. I don't know how to be anyone else but me. I am a pastor and I love it. I am a DJ, and I'm a dancer, an entertainer — and I love that too. It's just who I am."
"I believe that AI can influence, but it should not be the lead producer. When that happens, the heart is gone and it's just all digital. There is a time and a place for everything. It's the living personification of Song of Solomon. Everything is everything."
"Does it move me? Can I dance to it? Does it give me vibes? Goosebumps?"
"I would say it was actually during the day, a few years ago, when I DJ'd on the lawn of the Orange Conference. Playing soulful gospel house music that I loved, with no judgement from the onlookers — just dancers and vibes. That was epic to me."
"Don't let anything stop you from hitting record. Record it no matter what. Once it's recorded, that is a root memory locked in."
"I would love to get a Grammy for most up-and-coming house music producer — even in my 50s."