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

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.

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

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.

I am a Slavic musician and it is deeply inside of me.

They [the teachers at European conservatories] taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.

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