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.

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

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

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

I just have never seen anyone build anything significant in any field without having a deep and detailed sense of what they are building on.

To me, there are lots of different stories to tell and you usually find the best way to tell the one you are telling once you are in it.

The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.