“I'm not going to say that a very young Charlie Weber is without his in...” — Charlie Weber Quote

I'm not going to say that a very young Charlie Weber is without his indiscretions. But not anymore; I'm way past those days.

I ended up getting to do a lot of student films - no budget: somebody just wrangled up a camera and went to shoot stuff - and it was fun. It was great.

I lift weights and do as much cardio as I can make myself. I'm not a big cardio fan, and I hate doing legs.

I was a wide receiver at the University of Missouri but dropped out, having never gotten in a game.

In high school, the drama program shifted to musicals, and that's not a skill set I possess, so I let sports be my outlet, and I agreed to play football in college. I was invited to play at the University of Missouri, and I played there for a year, but when all of the talented people are plucked and put in one place, it's scary; it's tough.

I have two dogs, Lottie and Charlie.

The thing is, playing with us, whoever was the left winger had to come to play every night because that's the way it was. Charlie came in and he just fit that role - big and strong around the net.

I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.

I wasn't around when Nic was playing Donald. I was around with Charlie.

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.