Robertson Davies

Women tell men things that they are not likely to find out for themselves.

Composing makes me feel like I’ve finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician.

An artist should write for himself and not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

You could still improvise but do it with lyrics.

A Jazz musician is supposed to find his voice, find his niche and do his thing.

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

Stevie didn’t use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work, I don’t use my work to further the tools.

There are a million good tunes.

Jazz – it takes passion to make it happen!

Jazz music grabs you to the point where it never lets you go until the very last breath.

I don’t like to look back because the whole point in Jazz is doing it now.

Words are the children of reason and therefore can’t translate the feeling of Jazz because they’re not part of it.

There’s a spiritual satisfaction that one gets from listening and playing good Jazz.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

Joe’s been my drummer for 14 years, and we’ve been buddies for six years.

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it’s like the human voice