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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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