You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell.

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.

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.

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

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

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