There's no such thing as bop music, but there's such a thing as progress.

Music should always be an adventure.

"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying."

I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.

I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else

Some of my biggest moments have been in jam sessions, but I don't want to talk about them. There were always other people involved.

If you don't make mistakes you are not really trying.

Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn't think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor

I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play

You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.

The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.

If this planet is to be transformed for the better, then we as individuals must first transform ourselves.

If you haven't been successful fighting your battles on your own, by all means invite God and His Angels to take the lead in your life.

I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled.

The same source that gave you the idea, will give you the means to see it through.

Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.

A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.

Sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd think, "You know, this is a good book, how come no one is paying attention to it?" So it's nice to have some recognition.

I never single out any one competitor. I treat all my rivals equally.

I love watching people be totally committed in a very real way to stupid situations. I find it's not so much trying to be funny, it's trying to be real in a messed up context. That's comedy to me.