Jazz Brought This Sense Of Democracy Where

I've Been Saying For Almost 20 Years That I Need To Do A Jazz Project And It Ought To Be Either Big Band Or I Should Do Some Jazz Songs With A Trio Or Quartet.

I Came Here With Something In Me That I Inherited From My Folks. So I'm Going To Do Something Called Life And Times.

I Did A Concert At Five Years Old In The Garden Of One Of The Church Members, And We Raised Some Money To Buy A New Piano In Our Little Church.

My Eyes Went Blank, And I Stared Off, And The Music Started. It Was Raining, And The Sun Was Shining At The Same Time, And There Were These Big Bay Windows, And There Was The Blue In The Sky, And The Sun On The Trees, And It Was Drizzling.

I Sat On The Piano Bench Next To My Mother In Church. Something Happened Before I Set Foot On This Planet. I Was Crawling Around Inside Of Her. She Was A Church Pianist. My Dad Was A Brilliant Singer. I Was Hearing It.