I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress...so that, even on the bad evenings, I may never be bad enough to despair.

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

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.

I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress...so that, even on the bad evenings, I may never be bad enough to despair.

I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.

No one is original. Everyone is derivative.

Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.