I'm Playin' The Music I Like.

My Main Influences Have Always Been The Classic Jazz Players Who Sang, Like Louis Armstrong And Nat King Cole And Jack Teagarden.

I'm Not Inspired By Songwriting At All; That Took Place Years Ago. I'm Pretty Well Established, As Far As My Influences Go. I Don't Listen To Music Anymore. It All Sounds The Same To Me.

I Been Getting Good Crowds. It Only Took 50 Years.

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.

The Idea Was I'd Never Amount To Anything In Music, The Theme There Was That I Was Talented, But I Wouldn't Work Hard Enough To Do Anything With It.