Before The Work Comes To You, You

I Wanted To Be A Pianist But It Just Wasn't My Thing. I Guess I Wanted To Stand Up Rather Than Sit Down.

If You Have Music You Want To Play That No One Asks You To Play, You Have To Go Out And Find Where You Can Play It. It's Called Do Or Die.

Nobody Was Playing The Soprano Saxophone And Certainly Nobody Was Trying To Do Anything With It. So I Was All Alone. I Didn't Know That At First.

Play Difficult And Interesting Things. If You Play Boring Things, You Risk Losing Your Appetite. Saxophone Can Be Tedious With Too Much Of The Same.

Jazz Is People's Music, A Collectivity.