The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them.

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.

I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo.

There are no wrong notes.

The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play

Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.