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

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

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

Make the drummer sound good.

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.

Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.

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.