The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.

I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.

The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips.

I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're doing. You're listening to all the musicians around you and you're working within that structure.