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.

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

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

As an early child, I tried to play every kind of music that I heard. I thought everyone was doing that.

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

I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on recording sessions. I was all about the studio.