We recorded to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records.

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it's still a melody.

Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.

Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.

I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.