A Young Man Ain't Nothin' In The

[the Producer Told Me:] "we Can Try One More Record, And We'll See How That One Does." Those Records Never Did Anything. My Music Never Got Mentioned. My Color Got Mentioned.

I Went Through The Whole Number, You Know. The Swing Era, The Boogie Woogie Era, The Bebop Era. Thelonious Monk Is Still One Of My Favorites. So A Lot Of These People Had Their Effect On Me.

I Told [my Daughter Amy] At An Early Age That She Had A Good Ear. But I Didn't Influence Her Music Much. She's Pretty Much Developed Her Style On Her Own, And She's A Talented Songwriter.

I Have No Idea What I'm Doin'. I've Never Seen Me.

I Start Out With Words, With The Idea, The Line. Then After I Get A Line Or Two, I Try To Find What Melodic Line Those Lines Would Be Suited To. As Soon As I Find The Form I Can Finish The Song In My Head.