• “To me, he’s giving you a message here. First of all, he’s introduced the idea. He’s experimented with it. He’s improvised with it with great intensity. Now he’s saying it’s everywhere. It’s in all 12 keys. Anywhere you look, you’re going to find this ‘Love Supreme.’ He’s showing you that in a very conscious way on his saxophone. So to me, he’s really very carefully thought about how he wants to present the idea.”

  • “That’s the way it should be, you know? And it was just—I couldn’t wait to go to work at night. It was just such a wonderful experience. I mean, I didn’t know what we were going to do. We couldn’t really explain why things came together so well, you know, and why it was, you know, meant to be. I mean, it’s hard to explain things like that.”