My Dark Sound Could Be Heard Across

The Saxophone Is Actually A Translation Of The Human Voice, In My Conception. All You Can Do Is Play Melody. No Matter How Complicated It Gets, It's Still A Melody.

I Cannot Play A Lie. I Have To Believe In What I Play Or It Won't Come Out.

I Compulsively Reach For Perfection In Music, Often At The Expense Of Everything Else In My Life.

A Good Quartet Is Like A Good Conversation Among Friends Interacting To Each Other's Ideas.

When I Got This Saxophone, It Became A Religion. There Wasn't Tv, There Wasn't Much Money, And There Was Just A Real Dedication.... I Never Thought Of It As An Art. It Was Just Work That I Loved. Not Just Work, But Work That I Loved. I Loved It So Much, I Would Play It If Nobody Listened To It. Any Jazz Musician, If There's Nobody Around To Listen, Would Play Just For The Sheer Joy Of Improvising Music.