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.

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

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

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.

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.