I really create everything I do from the heart..

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….

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….

I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it..

The criticism is that it's too simple, but my feeling is it's more of a challenge making someone feel an emotion in four notes than in 25 notes..

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

Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better..

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

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..

I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just ….

It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that..

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..

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'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….

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

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

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes..

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

When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time..

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….

There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music..