When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.

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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought...

I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought...

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it...

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.

Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week....

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week....

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is...

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is...

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or...

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or...

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

What you see is what you get.

What you see is what you get.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

You've got to separate the singer and the songs.

You've got to separate the singer and the songs.

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over...

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over...

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.