And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and maybe a guitar wrapped around his head.

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

It's a shame that jazz is now being turned into dried fruit. It's becoming quantized, diced and defined. It's becoming an idiom. To me if it's anything, jazz is a verb ? it's more like a process than it is a thing.

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

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 think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.