My Dark Sound Could Be Heard Across

I Never Consciously Tried To Conceive Of What My Sound Should Be.

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've Always Regretted The Fact That I've Never Formally Studied And Learned The Mechanics Of Writing Music.

If You Like An Instrument That Sings, Play The Saxophone. At Its Best It's Like The Human Voice.

You Don't Rehearse Jazz To Death To Get The Camera Angles.