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

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

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.

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

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

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.

A first love always occupies a special place.