You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

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

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.

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use.

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

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.

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