Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

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

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.