I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.