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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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