But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.

But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.

I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.

I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's that. I think it's something more. It's something a little bit more complicated than that.

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'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.

I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show?