The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years.

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

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.

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

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