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

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

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

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.

The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't listen to music anymore. It all sounds the same to me.