I Never Sit Down And Write. I

[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 Have Lots Of Cds That Came Out At One Time Or Another, And According To The Statements I've Gotten, No One's Buying Them.i Figured There's No Need Making A New Cd. There Are Plenty Of Mine Out There, And None Of Them Are Selling.

The Things That Really Matter Don't Mix With Idle Chatter.

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'm Happy Whenever Anybody Does My Material. I Don't Care What They Do With It. I Do What I Want To With Other People's Songs.