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've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.

The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.

I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

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.