The secret to life and the greatest success strategy of all is to love all of it and fear none of it.

I never got discouraged for long, but we all got our butts kicked musically.

I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.

I saw a nice interview with Dave Binney recently. He was saying, "Man it was never easy. It's not like 'Oh wow, the good old days.' What, when certain people couldn't vote?" There was more work for musicians in the '40s, '50s, '60s. But I don't think it was ever easy.

When you believe, the impossible becomes possible. What you believe will become what is true. Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow. Don’t look at your challenges; look up and look out into the future. Don’t focus on your circumstances. Focus on the right beliefs that will help you build your success.

We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was in the '70s.

I got to talk to Mel Lewis a lot as a teenager. I think that's what really impacted me the most around that time.