Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The skill and intellect required is whatever is available. Its accessibility to the performer is, in fact, something which appears to offend both its supporters and detractors....And as regards method, the improvisor employs the oldest in music-making...Mankind's first musical performance couldn't have been anything other than a free improvisation.

In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.

If you could only play a record once, imagine the intensity you’d have to bring into the listening.

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.

Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.

But that methodology where players are pitted against other unfamiliar players has been so widely adapted now that anybody plays with everybody.