As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.

Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.

I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth.

At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.

When I was a kid, the high point of the day was to go to the mailbox and see if any mail came for me, and I'm still stuck in that mode.

If income was directly proportional to technical proficiency and education, classical and jazz musicians would be some of the most affluent people in the world