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.

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.

Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

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.

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

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.

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.