Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can..

Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonb….

I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine..

Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodi….

I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart..

I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out….

What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people..

I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing..

The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced..

I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are peopl….

I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you ge….

Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal..

That's my ideal day, time with my boys..

I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's….

It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out..

You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to them. It's not a waste of time - I just love talkin….

If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself..

I really create everything I do from the heart..

I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I pla….

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise..

I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior ….