The goal in life is to live young, have fun, and arrive at your final destination as late as possible, with a smile on your face.

My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it.

It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue.

I love to see people recognized [me on scene].

If I could have picked two guys on the planet, to have some exposure to at that age, those were the two right guys [Phil Woods and Charles McPherson].

I had made a couple of records in Europe. One as a leader, and one as a sideman before that. It was what it was. I started to work with Maria Schneider around that period and some other people, I started to get called to sub at the Vanguard in my mid-20s.

Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.