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 trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

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

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

I'm seduced by the arts in general. Arts is like the power of now.