This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals.

Sustained intensity equals ecstacy.

Don't bullshit' just play.

This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.

I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.

No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a classic story, like the Iliad-something so perfect it can never be old.