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

I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

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.

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker.