I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the Ardennes, and I celebrated the liberation of Paris on the streets with beautiful French girls throwing flowers at me. I said good-bye to my first true love and discovered what I really wanted to do with my life.

But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.

Imagination comes of not having things.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.