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.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

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

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.

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.

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

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