The main thing in my life...is that I really need to go home and practice..

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds..

Jazz is an idea that is more powerful than the details of its history..

I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about Jazz..

It is Jazz's very nature to change, to develop & adapt to the circumstances of its environment..

More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing..

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music..

My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener..

There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening..

Players get to that intermediate level where they can already play pretty good, and that's kind of a dangerous period because they tend to start play….

Avant-garde, jazz, pop, classical, country and western, rock, free, straight-ahead, etc. are ultimately meaningless terms in the face of the music be….

I just have never seen anyone build anything significant in any field without having a deep and detailed sense of what they are building on..

Jazz music will continue to thrive, possibly in unexpected ways..

Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence..

Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument..

Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers..

Jazz demands that you bring to it things that are valuable to you, that are personal to you..

Its more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place..

One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice..

Listening is the key to everything good in music..

If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that you intend to continue..