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

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles

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.

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.

Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence.

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

I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly