It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.
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.