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

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.

There are a million good tunes.

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

The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything.

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

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