I've always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that's where great art and music happens.

Catch Harry Belafonte. He's got a helluva rhythm section.And so have the Pointer Sisters. And that little guy with Sammy Clayton. He plays the whole show with 40 members.

The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play

I can tell. I'm gifted with that, you know. When I hear that the tempo is slightly off, it's hard for me.

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.

The melody is French. But that's the end of the record. I named it "Jean Pierre Then There Were None," you know, because of the big explosion. You'll like it. It's a nice album.