I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.

Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.

Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.

I grew up on film scores and scores from films.

Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.

I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios.

And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.

I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along.

I listen to everything.

The sacred-time determines the due events.

If a relationship crumbles in the universe, does anyone hear it fail?

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

Losing a wife can be very hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.

I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.

Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.