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

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 idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough to do anything with it.

I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic line those lines would be suited to. As soon as I find the form I can finish the song in my head.

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

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

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.