I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

I think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that.

I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no right or wrong, just some choices that are better than others.

If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see.