Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.
To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration.
I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.
Make the drummer sound good.
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.
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.