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

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

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

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

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.

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

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