The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose.

I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.

I actually met Chick Corea in New York, where I was staying with a bass player friend.

I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were available on the market were crap.

But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time.

So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is even more, if you noticed on the new album, I am not playing all the time anymore.

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.