There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.

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

I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

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