If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

Man, there's no boundary line to art!

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.