I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.
Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.
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.
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.