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

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

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

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing

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

If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

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