When I Came Up, It Was All

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

I Heard Sidney Bechet Play A Duke Ellington Piece And Fell In Love With The Soprano Saxophone.

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

A Jazz Musician Is A Combination Orator, Dialectician, Mathematician, Athlete, Entertainer, Poet, Singer, Dancer, Diplomat, Educator, Student, Comedian, Artist, Seducer, Public Masturbator, And General All-round Good Fellow.

You Can Work On The Saxophone Alone, But Ultimately You Must Perform With Others.