I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.
I'm playin' the music I like.
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.
I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with other people's songs.
The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.