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

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

Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!'

You've got to learn your instrument.

I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.

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.