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

I have been recording for five decades now.

I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance.

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

I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.