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

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.

I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.

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

I learn something new every day.

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.