The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

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.

The strength of a kingdom comes from its King, The strength of a King comes from his Queen.

I believe every story that is made in the mind of an author

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really.

Obama is defining himself in a way that will destroy him.

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

The truly simple way of presenting Christianity is to do it.