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

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

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.

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

Make the drummer sound good.

When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.

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.