I'm working really hard to get the clarinet out of that hole, that Benny Goodman thing.

Clarinet is an incredible instrument. It's a great, expressive instrument.

The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.

The clarinet has always been my baby. I just didn't know that for a while.

Some old people, they remember that they used to play clarinet, and they remember the squeaks of the clarinet. But I don't play like that.

We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music.