I listen to everything.

You can tell by the applause: There's perfunctory applause, there's light applause, and then there's real applause. When it's right, applause sounds like vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.

I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios.

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

I grew up on film scores and scores from films.

I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now.

I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.