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

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.

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

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

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.

Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

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