I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

If you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.

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

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.

Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why can't music be that way? My new band, we're playing stuff that's never been done before.

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