I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

I remember the first check I got from The Who's recording [of "Young Man Blues"]. I'd been getting checks for $10 and $15 and so forth, and this one was for a much larger amount than that. I thought it was a mistake.

I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.

Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.

A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days