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

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

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

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

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

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