I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.
I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.
I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.
My dad was a self-taught stride piano player. The myth is - I don't whether it's true or not - that he taught himself to play by watching a player piano.