Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.

There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So jazz spills over into everything.

Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.

It's a marvelous night for a moondance!