Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.
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.
If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.
I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.
The soprano turned out to sound to me like the right hand on the piano.
