Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

What I really search for is something that I really love hearing, something that's my own private game: If I find a song I really like, I try to do a definitive version.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.

It's really quite a situation. It's ridiculous. I make $200,000, $300,000 a night. For years I was working little dives, and if I got $700 a week, I'd say, "Wow, I'm really cooking.

To work is to feel alive.

More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.