Jazz is so difficult. A lot of people think once they've learned these licks they can get up and play them for the rest of their life. But that's not being truthful to the music 'cause it's not developing. Cats you hear that don't make no mistakes? They ain't trying to do nothing. everything they hear is on the mark, but they've played it so many times... I've built a whole career out of making mistakes!

The way we look at it, everything is a sound.

And there are a lot of people interested in creative music, there are more and more and more.

I'm only involved really right now with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Brass Fantasy.

What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to expand the audience.

Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet.

It's just about really being sensitive, and trying to play a music that is about music.