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

I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.

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

I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.

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

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

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