If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

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.

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

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

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

What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting.