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

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.

I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

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

So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.