As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic.

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.