I Sang And Wrote Songs When I

I Started Going To A Piano Teacher At 5 Years Old, But Pretty Soon I Started Picking Things Out On My Own And Stopped Taking Music Lessons. I Never Could Read Music Very Well, But I've Still Been Doing It.

My Dad Was A Self-taught Stride Piano Player. The Myth Is - I Don't Whether It's True Or Not - That He Taught Himself To Play By Watching A Player Piano.

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.

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.

I Was Taking Chemical Engineering. But I Went Into The Army After That. When I Came Out Of The Army, I Was A Different Person. I Met A Lot Of Good Jazz Players In The Army.