Herb Alpert

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music.

We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show.

When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences.

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!