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

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

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

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

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

I've appeared on some other people's albums.