I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.

You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician.

If not music, I think it would be pretty cool to be an ear, nose and throat doctor.

I think it's important to look at the world as a bigger place than just the bubble that we live in. It's so easy to get caught up in things of a trivial nature.