The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.

Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music.

Other times I say: I would very much like to try to do something with this music, but after playing for a few minutes, I have to break off.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.