Branford is easily one of my most favorite & influential artists. He is one of those people who when I hear him speak, makes my want to drop everything & just go & practice my horn for like the next 5 hrs; incredibly motivates me. He is also, like Charles Barkley, incredibly candid in telling it ‘like it is’ –for better or worse–& I love them both for it. Given this article that you posted & the way Branford unexpectedly responded, I thought you & your readers (if you haven’t seen it already) might get a kick out of this other similar YouTube link:

–where during an interview, he was asked what he has learned from his students…totally classic Branford response! Flippin’ brilliant!! I just wish they would’ve shown the interviewer’s face…
Cheers! & have a great summer,
-PjB