More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.

Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence.

What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz.

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.

I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is

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.