When I play the clarinet, I am 100 percent myself. It is as if it is part of my body. I can play whatever I think. Let me just read a melody and make it as sweet as I can.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone.
Clarinet is an incredible instrument. It's a great, expressive instrument.
Clarinet is often associated with certain genres, like swing or folk music. I combine the old and new, using the clarinet as an expressive tool and not in one genre. I'm just happy that people are drawn to what I do.
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 find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear.
I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know.
The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.
The clarinet has always been my baby. I just didn't know that for a while.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
I'm practicing the oboe. But I don't play. Just single notes, not an entire piece of music.