I Was Raised In Brooklyn, And I

Why Do You Have To Retire At 65? Why Can't You Start At 70? You Know, Like Wine. Why Can't Music Be That Way? My New Band, We're Playing Stuff That's Never Been Done Before.

If You Keep Your Head In The Sand, You Don't Know Where The Kick's Coming From.

Let's Say You Have Some Chicken Stock And You're Making Soup, And Out Of Everything You Can Taste, Some Of The Things You Put In And Some Of The Things You Don't. So You Start Out With An African Spice Then You Hear Some Brazilian Music, So Then It Changes. Then You Hear Jamaican And It Changes Again. And The Result Depends On How Much Of Each Spice You Put Into It. Now, I've Been Putting In Spices Since I Started Playing Professionally In 1945.

The Music We're Playing Now Is Based On My Heritage, Which Is Russian, Romanian And Hungarian.

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.