I'd met Roscoe in Europe quite a few times over the years, and we'd say hi and so on, but this was the first time we'd actually played together.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.

So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop them and have the fullest range of possibilities of the saxophone be known.

My roots are in my record player.

I didn't get where I am today by being timid, young man.

So what starts is ad hoc and you never know where it's going to lead, so it's important to keep an open mind about those things.