Hearing myself so much all the time, I don't think I sound that special all the time because it's me.

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

A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.

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 learn something new every day.

I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...I never tried to imitate anybody, but when you love somebody's music, you're influenced...I really don't know how I developed my sound, but it comes from a combination of my musical conception and no doubt the basic shape of the oral cavity.

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