I Do Very Few Standards. Hardly Any.

If It's Worth Remembering, I'll Remember It. If Something Keeps Coming Back, If I Keep Thinking Of That Phrase, If I See Manifestations Of It At Different Times And Different Places, Then I Feel It's Worth Making A Song Out Of.

You Always Want To Write The Perfect Song. But No One Will Ever Write The Perfect Song, I Guess. I Would Just Like To Write On That Has All The Elements Of What I'm Tring To Do. And I'm Working On It. I'm Always Working On It.

As Far As I'm Concerned, The Essentials Of Jazz Are: Melodic Improvisation, Melodic Invention, Swing, And Instrumental Personality.

I've Heard Some Tunes In Recent Years That Were Pretty Close To That Same Idea. The Idea Was You Turn On The Radio And You Want To Hear Some Music And Up Comes A Commercial.

It Was The British Rockers That Saved Me. They Brought Me To A Different Generation Altogether [in The 60th]. The Who And The Yardbirds And Georgie Fame And Van Morrison And All Those People. The Only Person Who Ever Did My Songs In [ U.s] Country Was Bonnie Raitt.