I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play
Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor
I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
There's no such thing as bop music, but there's such a thing as progress.
Music should always be an adventure.
"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying."