You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty....you might want to play something out of context with the tune. It might be a note that creates so much tension it becomes unpleasant, but you want it to sound that way.

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as you commercialize your sound like Wes Montgomery did, the jazz fans and the critics are down on you!

Never give up on a good thing, never give up, never give up!

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.

There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.