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.

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

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

You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.

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