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.

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

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

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.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.