Most customers, by the time the musicians reach the second set, are to some extent inebriated. They don't care what you play anyway.
Everything I do is Mingus.
I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.
Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?
In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am.
Let my children have music! Let them hear live music.