You have to be concerned with yourself because if you're not on it all the time, nobody else is going to be.

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The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and...

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and...

The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine....

The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine....

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where...

I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where...

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you...

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you...

By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.

By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you...

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you...

If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.

If you want to play somebody's music, you'd better go into his house.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane...

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane...

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make...

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make...

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women...

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women...

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles...

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles...

I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first...

I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first...

I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You...

Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You...

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.

It feels good to blame someone else, especially if they are smaller than you.

It feels good to blame someone else, especially if they are smaller than you.

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.