I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

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.

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

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.

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

I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.