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.

We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.

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 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.

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.