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

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.

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.

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.

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