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.

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

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

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

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.

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