The Main Thing In My Life...is That

Jazz Demands That You Bring To It Things That Are Valuable To You, That Are Personal To You.

I Just Have Never Seen Anyone Build Anything Significant In Any Field Without Having A Deep And Detailed Sense Of What They Are Building On.

If You Plan On Continuing A Tradition, It Might Be A Good Idea To Find Out Just What Tradition It Is That You Intend To Continue.

My First Relationship To Any Kind Of Musical Situation Is As A Listener.

It's A Shame That Jazz Is Now Being Turned Into Dried Fruit. It's Becoming Quantized, Diced And Defined. It's Becoming An Idiom. To Me If It's Anything, Jazz Is A Verb ? It's More Like A Process Than It Is A Thing.