Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat!

I was the youngest guy in the union. At 14! A pianist around there who became my mentor for a little while, gave me my first night club job. I was 17 or so. My father asked the club owner to watch me so I didn't get into any wrong things, ladies and drink and this and that.

Hey, a guy could come in with baggy jeans, a do-rag and have a Ph.D., and a person who comes in with a suit could be a three-time felon. So, it's not what you wear, it's how you present yourself.

It's a matter of walking down different aisles in the grocery store.

I remember the day before the surgery, I was walking down the hall with a guy from a premiere league over there,

For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall.