You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising on the tenor sax, there would not have been the evolution of the craft by John Coltrane.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.