I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.

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

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.

My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town.

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

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.

Everything that happens before Death is what counts.

Many things can cause us to worry, but a kind word or deed can do wonders. Sometimes that's all we need to feel better.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that we have with them.

The people who present themselves as normal and nice and good are often the scariest monsters in the world.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak.

It's important to listen to the words of the enemy if you're in war.

There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.

I wrote the book [Today Matters] because I have a passion to help people personally grow. Really what it is, it's a personal growth book.