Listening is the key to everything good in music.
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.
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.
Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history.