As Long As There Are People Trying

Labels Don't Mean Anything To Me. I'm Trying To Play As Passionately As I'm Able To. If They Want To Call That Cool, That's Fine. Just Spell The Name Right, Is The Formula.

Benny Goodman Was One Of The Big Influences As A Clarinet Player. That's Why I Wanted The Clarinet.

I Always Felt As A Horn Player, A Jam Session Wasn't Satisfying Enough For Me. I Should Have Been A Rhythm Section Player, Actually.

Names And Theoretical Things Don't Occur To Me. If They Do, I'm Not Doing My Real Playing Mode.

Bernstein Grew Up In My Building In New York. He's A Very, Very Fine Player. When He Was A Kid, He Came By To Find Out What Was Going On In The World Of Jazz.