Make the drummer sound good.

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

Habits of action cultivated early in life lay the foundation for unique skill sets able to carve a path beyond the mundane and into the relevant.

The lifestyle you live is a function of what you have discovered

Ignorance of mortality is a comfort.

We therefore must keep the faith, despite the defeat of policies, because men pass with their policies whilst generations follow each other.

I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.

Whether we live to a vigorous old age lies not so much in our stars or in our genes but in ourselves.

The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere

It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.

Maybe life is a board game, but I never get to roll the dice.

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.