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

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

The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.

If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord.

I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.

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.

My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.