Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.