I Cannot Play A Lie. I Have

I Practiced Saxophone Eight Hours A Day For The First Two Years I Played.

There Are Four Qualities Essential To A Great Jazzman. They Are Taste, Courage, Individuality, And Irreverence.

When I Got This Saxophone, It Became A Religion. There Wasn't Tv, There Wasn't Much Money, And There Was Just A Real Dedication.... I Never Thought Of It As An Art. It Was Just Work That I Loved. Not Just Work, But Work That I Loved. I Loved It So Much, I Would Play It If Nobody Listened To It. Any Jazz Musician, If There's Nobody Around To Listen, Would Play Just For The Sheer Joy Of Improvising Music.

I Appreciate Men Like Ben Webster And Coleman Hawkins Very Much.

I Played In Rhumba Bands, Mickey Mouse Bands; All Kinds Of Bands.