I'm Happy Whenever Anybody Does My Material.

I Was Taking Chemical Engineering. But I Went Into The Army After That. When I Came Out Of The Army, I Was A Different Person. I Met A Lot Of Good Jazz Players In The Army.

I'm Playin' Music For A Certain Type Of Person. Fortunately, There Are More And More Of Us. At Least There Are More Comin' To See Me Than There Were 30 Years Ago Or So.

I Sang And Wrote Songs When I Was 12 Years Old.

I've Been Able To Do Pretty Well. I Don't Work As Many Consecutive Nights As I Used To, But I'm Still Working Over 100 Nights A Year, So That's Good For Me.

[the Producer Told Me:] "we Can Try One More Record, And We'll See How That One Does." Those Records Never Did Anything. My Music Never Got Mentioned. My Color Got Mentioned.