First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

It's incredible how one song or even one little phrase or just a few notes, if you really concentrate on it, can be a kaleidoscope of possibility.

Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.

Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn.

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.

I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.

I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music is way more complicated than that.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they're hearing something other than what I'm hearing.

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.

The world of most men is given to them by their culture..

I do not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

We don't realise how much the world has affected us. We put God in the background.

I never say never about anything.

If you're not into Metal - you are not my friend!

I certainly never saw myself as posh.

I appreciate the people there thinking about me, and I look forward to coming back to Paris for that occasion.

Never knowingly leave anything wrong on your canvas.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.