Risk Is At The Heart Of Jazz.

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.

I Still Love The Whole History Of Jazz. The Old Things Sound Better Than Ever.

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.

When I Found The Music Of Monk I Finally Found Music That Fit That Horn. Every One Of His Tunes Fit It Perfectly.