The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.

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.

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

There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that.

When we are on tour we also take chances.

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