Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.

Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

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.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

That's kind of my goal: to build a new row of meaningful tones.