I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.

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

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

I was taking chemical engineering. But I went into the army after that. When I came out of the army, I was a different person. I met a lot of good jazz players in the army.

I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.