When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now.
From Van Morrison
When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
What you see is what you get.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
The future is keeping you out of the present time.
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.
Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
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