I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.

I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything

My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.

Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he has made them available to the world through his orchestrations of his work in a unique way. Lastly, he was himself a fine pianist. He covers the entire musical spectrum with his genius.

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.