The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.
I'm not a musician, I just play bass.
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation.
You never know what your next dig is going to find.
I can't really sing and play live, because I can't play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated on the vocals, I'd mess up the bass, and if I concentrated on the bass, I'd forget the lines.