Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that its much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on.

We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year.

My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits.

I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.

If you establish an identity, you build a monster-and thats right, youve got to live with it. Of course, you can enjoy it, too.

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well.

Can anybody be given creativity? No. Only equipment to develop it if it's in them in the first place.