As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.

To play with a band all of the time, just about nightly, was good for me because I wrote lots of arrangements and I got a lot of my transposition and chords ironed out.

As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.

To travel and to get around different places, especially in station wagons, you could really see America.

And do respect the women of the world; remember you all had mothers.

When you're playing live, those people who you're trying to please and reach, they're right there giving you feedback. And you don't get that feedback in the studio.

The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that.