Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

We were a band who made it very, very big. That's all.

Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.

So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.