Band Leader Quotes

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.