Because people really got tired, too, of the same old formatted sort of thing, and the same old formatted music.

We expect the listener to have, like, a movie going on when they hear us. That's what it's all about for us.

Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.

These people are interested in a wide variety of music, and that's what we're into.

You play ensemble things that you had no idea you were going to play two minutes before.

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

We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.