If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that.

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

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

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.

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.