I'm now a legend, whether I want to be or not.

I'll know when I find the ultimate sound.

Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there.

I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.

I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz.

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.