I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else
You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.
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
Music should always be an adventure.
If you don't make mistakes you are not really trying.