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

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.

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

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

Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist.

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.

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.