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

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.

If it's worth remembering, I'll remember it. If something keeps coming back, if I keep thinking of that phrase, if I see manifestations of it at different times and different places, then I feel it's worth making a song out of.

I was taking chemical engineering. But I went into the army after that. When I came out of the army, I was a different person. I met a lot of good jazz players in the army.

I just have a lot off different influences.

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.

So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.