Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.

A first love always occupies a special place.

I could stop and say, Well that was a D minor, G seven, but I really don't want to know that. I just want to know that there's a combination of notes that makes a sound.

I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.