The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly
The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice.
Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you.
The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's worth of work.