“Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”

“Don't be afraid, just play the music.”

“I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.”

“If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.”

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you that music has boundaries. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.”

“If birthdays fell from the sky like Saturdays shaped like saxophones, I’d learn how to play the flute on Tuesdays.”