When [Billy] Strayhorn came on the scene, he just blew us away.

New York is still where I live most of the time.

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.