Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.

The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it to be finished. It takes a long time to begin. And then it sort of gets finished.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.