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

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

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 always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.

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.

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