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.

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

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

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.

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

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

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way.