If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?

When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!

I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.

Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's a hum, like the streets.

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.