I always wanted praise and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic and that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes

I'm sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and wrong, though.

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

It didnt take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.