Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.
There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage.
You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?
I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.
I think I believe a little bit in the power of people to really cast a bad energy on you if they want to. If the bad mojo wants to come your way, look out.
I don't just do power ballads. I have a lot of up-tempo stuff, too - like 'Can't Fight the Moonlight.'
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.
For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful.
I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
Basically, there are two things we know: Everybody has less time, and the general public is demanding better food - better in terms of quality and better in terms of flavor.
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
I am very picky about my food, and I'm very health oriented, so I always try to cook.
I write a lot about other people, like family and friends. I look at their lives and relationships and think, 'Well, if I was in your position, this is how I would see it.'
If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.
For me, Venezuela is very important, not just because it's a place I go to conduct, but because my family is there - my wife, my parents and my musical family.
I am always exhausted; I am always trying to find more time to be with my family, which is why they travel with me so much.
I'm just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I, you know, are looking forward to having a family in the future.
I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.
Eventually, when I sell enough units, as they say in the record business, I will stop touring. I'll concentrate on what I like to do... stay in the studio.
Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.
