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I've Been Working On The Soprano Saxophone For 40 Years, And The Possibilities Are Astounding. It's Up To You, The Only Limit Is The Imagination.

In Composition You Have All The Time You Want To Decide What To Say In 15 Seconds, In Improvisation You Have 15 Seconds.

What I Learned With Cecil Taylor Was Strategy And Survival And How To Resist Temptations And Resist Getting Discouraged.

The More Original Something Is, The More Of A Threat It Seems Until The People Catch Up With It. That Happened With Thelonious Monk. It Happened With Anybody Who Is Really Original.

You Must Have The Music To Justify An Instrument's Extensive Use.