I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

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

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

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.

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.