One Of The Reasons We're Here Is

I Try To Play The Bare Essence, To Let Everything Be Just What It's Supposed To Be.

It's Taken Me All My Life To Learn What Not To Play.

I Don't Care Much About Music. What I Like Is Sounds.

As A Musician You Have To Keep One Foot Back In The Past And Have One Foot Forward Into The Future.

Many Critics Always Saw And Heard That My Style Comes From Roy Eldridge, Which Is True. But For Many Things, Not Only How To Play The Trumpet But The Way To Choose The Notes, How To Play Them And How To Phrase All Of Them, I Took That From Sweets [edison]. He Really Brought Something New To The Trumpet.