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

I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz.

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.

Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.

I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.