If it weren’t for trumpet players, I’d be flipping burgers someplace.
That was the night Woody started calling me Too Tall John. Someone said if he makes up a nickname for you . . . it means you’re on the band!
We’re always going to be on the brink of disaster, that’s just the way the music business is. I believe it will always find a way, because music is part of being human.
Whenever you have a choice between the facts and the legend, always go with the legend. Whatever you’ve heard is true.
