I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar.

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

The Unity Band project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted

Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.

Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.