To do it always right, that is what music is to me.

I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes.

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

I have been recording for five decades now.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

My goal was never to sell many records.