There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind..

The true artform is being a human being..

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on..

You blows who you is..

There is no art without intention..

Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with ….

The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music that you can..

Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life..

Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton..

I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much..

I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer..

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself..

There are no natural barriers. It's all music. It's either hip or it ain't..

Instrumental music can spread the international language..

I think music as we know it, is autobiographical..

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet..

Protect your hands! Some fans demonstrate their enthusiam with bone-crushing hand shakes. My former teacher Julian Bream often bows Japanese style wi….

Without music, life is a journey through a desert..

How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a p….

When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy"..

Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better..