"You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others." — Steve Lacy

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all.

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.