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

I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

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

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

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.