I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

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

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

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

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing

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

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