The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.
Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.