Jay McShann

We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play.

I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.