In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.

My roots are in my record player.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.

Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!

We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our inspiration came from.

To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me.

To wear a floral shirt is an experience.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

The woman's cause is man's: they rise or sink Together.

I don't need gold in heaven, I gotta have it now.

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware.

Life is a climb but once you get to the top you'll realize that the view is beautiful!!

I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain.

Peace is our passion.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.