A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!

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.

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

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

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

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