If You're Trying To Invent

I Wanted To Be A Pianist But It Just Wasn't My Thing. I Guess I Wanted To Stand Up Rather Than Sit Down.

The More Original Something Is, The More Of A Threat It Seems Until The People Catch Up With It. That Happened With Thelonious Monk. It Happened With Anybody Who Is Really Original.

A Jazz Musician Is A Combination Orator, Dialectician, Mathematician, Athlete, Entertainer, Poet, Singer, Dancer, Diplomat, Educator, Student, Comedian, Artist, Seducer, Public Masturbator, And General All-round Good Fellow.

I Started In New Orleans Music And Played All Through The History Of Jazz.

You Can Work On The Saxophone Alone, But Ultimately You Must Perform With Others.