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.

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

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

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

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

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.