One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian.

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.