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….

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..

I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I just don't see it as an idiomat….

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 think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times..

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that..

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Listening is the key to everything good in music..

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities..

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

I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!.

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..

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level..