Faithfulness in small things leads to faithfulness in great things, and never the other way around.

My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.

I am right. I`m always right. One time I thought I was wrong, I found out I was right.

Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.

I've always showed up. If I got paid.

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.

Normally, things are viewed in these little segmented boxes. There's classical, and then there's jazz; romantic, and then there's baroque. I find that very dissatisfying. I was trying to find the thread that connects one type of music - one type of musician - to another, and to follow that thread in some kind of natural, evolutionary way.