Gerry Mulligan

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear.

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

New York is still where I live most of the time.

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time.