In The Midst Of Creating, A Person

I Just See Myself As A Human Being That's Concerned About Life.

The Artist Is Very Lucky, Because In An Art Form That's Spontaneous Like Jazz, That's When You Really See Your True Self. And That's Why, When I Put Down My Instrument, That's When The Challenge Starts, Because To Learn How To Be That Kind Of Human Being At That Level That You Are When You're Playing - That's The Key, That's The Hard Part.

I Always Felt That I Was Born In The Wrong Era. I Wanted To Be Friends With John Garfield, For Instance. He Was One Of The Only Actors That Refused To Testify In Front Of The House Un-american Activities Committee Back When The Hollywood Ten Blacklist Was Happening In The Mccarthy Period. I Wish I Could've Been Friends With Charlie Parker And Played With Him. That's My Period. I Feel Real Close To The '40s - And Actually I Was Born In '37, So I Was A Kid Singing On The Radio In The '40s. But I Always Dreamed Of Going To Big Cities.

I Think Life Is Really Hard Sometimes. It's Not Easy To Wake Up Every Day And Go Through What You Go Through. But The Beautiful Moments That You Share With People That You Love, Or Even Experience Alone, Are Worth All Of The Pain And Sorrow. Those Moments Should Be Cherished, And I Think That's What Music Is All About-to Remind People Of The Beautiful Moments That Are In Everybody's Life

In The Midst Of Creating, A Person Is Raised To Another Level Of Consciousness That Doesn't Have That Much To Do With Everyday Thinking. It's As If You Could Imagine Life Before There Were Words.