My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town.

If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it.

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.

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

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

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.