I Learn Something New Every Day -

The Value Of Jazz Still Has To Be Clarified. People Involve Themselves With Its Superficialities Without Digging For Its Soul.

You Can Read All The Textbooks And Listen To All The Records, But You Have To Play With Musicians That Are Better Than You.

My Dark Sound Could Be Heard Across A Room Clearer Than Somebody With A Reedy Sound. It Had More Projection. My Sound Always Seemed To Fill A Room.

I Never Consciously Tried To Conceive Of What My Sound Should Be.

When I'm Alcohol-free Now And Even To See The World Around Me, I Appreciate It, But I Never Truly Enjoy Too Much Of It Maybe Because I Feel Like I'm A Working Musician. There Are Some Joyous Moments, But I Will Not Think A Joyous Moment.