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.

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young

Listening is the key to everything good in music.

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

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