I Have Selective Hearing.

I Was So Used To Doing Old Blues Licks With The First Three Fingers. When I Started Using My Pinky And Finding More Spread Things, That's When I Started Getting My Own Style.

I'm Blessed With A Good Pair Of Ears. That's How I Fooled My Piano Teacher. I'd Watch His Fingers And I'd Listen To It, And I Just Kind Of Basically Learned It By Myself.

We Make Music For A Living. Like I've Always Said, If You Like What You're Doing, You're Halfway There; If Someone Else Likes It, That's Even Better. If They Don't Like It, At Least You Like It. Not To Be Selfish, But You Kind Of Have To Be.

Music Kept Me Off The Streets And Out Of Trouble And Gave Me Something That Was Mine That No One Could Take Away From Me.

The Piano Is A Universal Instrument. If You Start There, Learn Your Theory And How To Read, You Can Go On To Any Other Instrument.