Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.

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.

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.

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

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

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.