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But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.

I wish I could score everything for horns.

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.

If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that.

I took my uniqueness and treated it like a horn.

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.