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.

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

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

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

Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

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.

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