Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

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.

Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.

If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.

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.