I'm a farmer. I always will be a farmer. When I die, I'll be a farmer. It's something that I've wanted to do since I was 8 years old. I can tell you also that I see opportunity slipping away for our kids.

But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.

I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds - but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn't say, 'My God, that guy can play.' It'd probably sound more like Jack Benny.

You've got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts.

I have to tell you that I love people. When I see the kids coming up and see what they have done with the music, it's amazing.

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.