I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

When I'm alcohol-free now and even to see the world around me, I appreciate it, but I never truly enjoy too much of it maybe because I feel like I'm a working musician. There are some joyous moments, but I will not think a joyous moment.

I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.

Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz.

When I got this saxophone, it became a religion. There wasn't TV, there wasn't much money, and there was just a real dedication.... I never thought of it as an art. It was just work that I loved. Not just work, but work that I loved. I loved it so much, I would play it if nobody listened to it. Any jazz musician, if there's nobody around to listen, would play just for the sheer joy of improvising music.

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

You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.