The pond where the ducks are dying is not necessarily the location where they are picking up the fungi-infested feed.

These areas have been covered with wet snow that is now melting away, exposing it to mallards and other waterfowl that feed in fields.

While 500 birds seems like a lot, in reality, it is insignificant to the mallard population.

Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.

Just like Coca-Cola, NYU is a brand. We're a dream school, the school of [TV series] Felicity, and we make news.

I'm aiming that towards people, towards humanity, not even just musicians. Because this is about life, not about musicians.