I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment.

Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.

The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.

I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.

I just have never seen anyone build anything significant in any field without having a deep and detailed sense of what they are building on.

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.