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

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.

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

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's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

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