You can establish a presence on the internet; you can have just as much of a presence as a major company or anyone else.

You know when I was younger I used to look at Downbeat Magazine and I figured anybody in Downbeat must be making a living.

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.

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

They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out.

They were missing all the enthusiasm, the creativity; that whole excitement about the music was lost. A lot of people are really going back looking for that.

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