All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

I'm into scales right now.

All of the technique doesn't matter... only if the feeling is right.

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being.