Some of my biggest moments have been in jam sessions, but I don't want to talk about them. There were always other people involved.
I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
Music should always be an adventure.
You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.
"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying."
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