When I Start Playing I'm

Music Is An Attitude. It's A Sensation To The Average Person, To The Human Being. And Keep It Simple, Stupid. That's Always Been My Theory.

I'll Just Tell You The Way It Is. You Ask Me What Time It Is And I'm Gonna Tell You How To Build A Clock.

My Uncle Gave Me A Trumpet, But I Loved The Louis Armstrong Sound And The Harry James Sound And I Played By Ear And I Played Always Soulful Or Very Direct From The Gut.

Every Time I Went Into The Studio Some Engineer Tried To Impress Me With How They're Going To Capture My Sound With All Kinds Of Tricks. But They Limited The Sound And Never Allowed Me To Play How I Felt.

I Used To Be A Mean Maniac. Someone Once Threw A Firecracker At A Show And I Jumped Off The Side Of The Stage And Whacked 'em On The Side Of The Head.