Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.

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

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.

A first love always occupies a special place.

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

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.