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

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

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

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

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

You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.