My father always said, ‘Do your best and piss on the rest.’ And I think there’s a lot of truth to that, because if you’ve done your best, there’s not a hell of a lot more you can do about something.

One piece of advice I often give young singers, including my son Vijay, is to not get sidetracked from their primary duty of learning music. This is the age of marketing and hard sell. Everybody wants instant results. But no amount of hard sell will prop you up if you don’t hone your craft.

The most troublesome and convoluted piece of the composing procedure is the start.

I originate from two pieces of the oriental network – Jerusalemite and North African Jews.

You’ve got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.

Saying you’re through with romance is like saying you’re done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.

Just a word of advice, if a grown man in dress sweats has a large travel mug, don’t drink from it.

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.