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

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.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

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

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it.