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

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

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

If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record.

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.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.