The First Thing I Learned Was The

I Realized That Equipment Really Had Little To Do With Why I Sound Like The Way I Sound

More And More As Time Has Gone On, I Realize That Playing Is Really More About Listening Than It Is About Playing.

And If I Ever Do See [kenny G] Anywhere, At Any Function - He Will Get A Piece Of My Mind, And Maybe A Guitar Wrapped Around His Head.

I Have To Admit That More And More Lately, The Whole Idea Of Jazz As An Idiom Is One That I've Completely Rejected. I Just Don't See It As An Idiomatic Thing Any More...to Me, If Jazz Is Anything, It's A Process, And Maybe A Verb, But It's Not A Thing. It's A Form That Demands That You Bring To It Things Athat Are Valuable To You, That Are Personal To You. That, For Me, Is A Pretty Serious Distinction That Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Blues, Or Swing, Or Any Of These Other Things That Tend To Be Listed As Essentials In Order For Music To Be Jazz With A Capital J.

One Very Fundamental Thing Has Not Changed And I Realized That It Will Never Change... Is That I Really Need To Go Home And Practice.