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 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.

A first love always occupies a special place.

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

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