One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.

The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.

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.

I try to be prepared for the moment, through understanding, and being warmed up, knowing all about chords and scales, so I don't even have to think and I can get right to what it is I want to say.

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

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

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.