The Idea Is More Important Than The

After I Left Texas And Went To California, I Had A Hard Time Getting Anyone To Play Anything That I Was Writing, So I Had To End Up Playing Them Myself. And That's How I Ended Up Just Being A Saxophone Player.

I Don't Try To Please When I Play. I Try To Cure.

I Had A Really Good Time In New Orleans, Although I Had Some Very Tragic Times In Baton Rouge. Some Guys Beat Me Up And Threw My Horn Away. 'cause I Had A Beard, Then, And Long Hair Like The Beatles.

You Don't Have To Worry About Being A Number One, Number Two, Or Number Three. Numbers Don't Have Anything To Do With Placement. Numbers Only Have Something To Do With Repetition.

I Decided, If I'm Going To Be Poor And Black And All, The Least Thing I'm Going To Do Is To Try And Find Out Who I Am. I Created Everything About Me.