When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time

People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

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

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony orchestra.