I met Gary (Burton) at the Wichita Jazz Festival when I was 18 -- he was one of my favorite musicians and I got to play a few tunes with him there. Shortly after that, I joined his band, which was the equivalent of joining the Beatles for me! He was, and still is, one of the greatest musicians I have ever been lucky enough to be around.

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

What I look for in musicians is a sense of infinity

Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.

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

Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.

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