Country Music Has The Great Stories.

Most Of The Songs I Sing Have That Blues Feeling In It. They Have That Sorry Feeling. And I Don't Know What I'm Sorry About. I Don't.

This Is An Album Of Songs That I've Always Loved, Tunes That I Heard. For The First Time In 53 Years Of Recording, I Really Had Control Over An Entire Album, Start To Finish.

I Really Turned Into, You Know, The Real Street Kid. I Was Kind Of Like A Runaway, But I Had A Mother, You Know What I Mean, And I Had A Place To Stay.

To Me, Country Music Is Like The Blues, But It's Something Very Hip And - I Don't Want To Say Commercial - But It's Very Worldly And Good Listening.

My Mother Was A Jazz Fanatic And She Wanted Me To Play The Piano So I Could Play Jazz Tunes. I Wish I Had Learned But I Was Too Busy Getting Into Trouble!