You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.