The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.

I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.

But anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know, in a real situation.

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.