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

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

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

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.

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.