I definitely had some moments, where, "Wow, these were some hard chords" on some gig.

When I heard Charlie Parker the first time on a record, it had seemed like an old, scratchy kind of record and I didn't get it.

I made some nice associations. Ben Perowsky and Kevin Hays... Bill Mobley and Pete McGuinness. A lot of talented people.

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.

I think we had a Ben Webster/Gerry Mulligan record... that might have been it. We only had a few records in the house.

Things dribbled in in dribs and drabs through my 20s. But it was a struggle.

The first CD I had, that I think had had any redeeming qualities to it, I did when I was 25 with a relatively small label called Chiarascuro.