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

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

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.

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

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

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