So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record.

It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

It's like swimmin' without warmin' up, yuo know what I mean? So [cackles] we use the drum machine, and we take it out.

The melody is French. But that's the end of the record. I named it "Jean Pierre Then There Were None," you know, because of the big explosion. You'll like it. It's a nice album.

If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ass kicked.

When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

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