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

Silence is the potential from which music can arise.

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

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.

I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.

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!