And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.

I have lots of CDs that came out at one time or another, and according to the statements I've gotten, no one's buying them.I figured there's no need making a new CD. There are plenty of mine out there, and none of them are selling.

A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

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

I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things when I was a kid.

Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.