Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

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

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.

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

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.