I got into music when I was a little boy. My dad was always into jazz. I got my education from him. The first time I listened to jazz, he gave me a Thelonious Monk record. It was so different from anything I had ever heard. It took me a while to unde...
I don't think I'm modest so much as I'm realistic. I know what I can do and what I can't do. I know what I am, and more importantly, I know what I'm not. I'm not really a major innovator; I don't know if I contribute to the language of the saxophone ...
Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did.
Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band.
I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.
I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.
As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference.
Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
I was totally into jazz in my teens.
The man who can't dance says the band can't play.
The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally.
One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.
I am a Yes fan, ultimately. I've been a member of the band, but I was always a fan of the band first.
Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.
But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.
I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
