If you want to be in fashion you have to absolutely love what you do, because it's more than a job - it's your life. This is a very intense and hard business. But don't worry, trust life. Anything you want, you are capable of getting, it just takes a combination of effort and grace.
I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time. . . I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky Pizzarelli) and Tal Farlow playing Christians' 'Solo Flight' backstage at a gig. . . that's when it hit me how big of an effect Christian had on jazz guitar. 'Solo Flight' was like the gospel.