You Have To Be Concerned

If You're In Jazz And More Than Ten People Like You, You're Labeled Commercial.

My Father's Father Came From Russia; My Mother Came From Romania.

But When I First Got Cancer, After The Initial Shock And The Fear And Paranoia And Crying And All That Goes With Cancer - That Word Means To Most People Ultimate Death - I Decided To See What I Could Do To Take That Negative And Use It In A Positive Way.

Why Do You Have To Retire At 65? Why Can't You Start At 70? You Know, Like Wine. Why Can't Music Be That Way? My New Band, We're Playing Stuff That's Never Been Done Before.

You Have To Be Concerned With Yourself Because If You're Not On It All The Time, Nobody Else Is Going To Be.