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.

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.

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

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.

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

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