I listen to everything.

And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.

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

Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.

I think my favorite experience is whatever I'm doing now.

In a way, yes, because I was starting something fresh, and it was something totally independent.

I listen to everything.