Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you have to remain 110% conscious, and in a world that's losing consciousness, that's getting harder.

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds like a talented high-school trumpet player to me... he's jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.

If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.

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 up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.