I told [my daughter Amy] at an early age that she had a good ear. But I didn't influence her music much. She's pretty much developed her style on her own, and she's a talented songwriter.

It was the British rockers that saved me. They brought me to a different generation altogether [in the 60th]. The Who and The Yardbirds and Georgie Fame and Van Morrison and all those people. The only person who ever did my songs in [ U.S] country was Bonnie Raitt.

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

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

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

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

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