I'm Just Human, I Have Faults Like

It's Logical That People From Bad Times Will Reflect Their Feelings In Their Communication. Music Is Part Of The Communication. If You Lived It, You Can Do It.

Tomorrow, I Might Be In A Different Mood And You Wouldn't Recognize My Voice.

If I Get An Idea I Put It On Tape And Somebody Else Writes It Out.

The Pressure Of Show Business Is On All The Time And Show Business Is A Fickle Business. Whatever Is Popular Now - That's All That Counts. I Have To Constantly Re-identify Myself To Myself, Reactivate My Own Standards, My Own Convictions About What I'm Doing And Why.

When I Was Studying... There Weren't Any Black Concert Pianists. My Choices Were Intuitive, And I Had The Technique To Do It. People Have Heard My Music And Heard The Classic In It, So I Have Become Known As A Black Classical Pianist.