I Just Sit Down At The Piano

I Always Felt That I Was Born In The Wrong Era. I Wanted To Be Friends With John Garfield, For Instance. He Was One Of The Only Actors That Refused To Testify In Front Of The House Un-american Activities Committee Back When The Hollywood Ten Blacklist Was Happening In The Mccarthy Period. I Wish I Could've Been Friends With Charlie Parker And Played With Him. That's My Period. I Feel Real Close To The '40s - And Actually I Was Born In '37, So I Was A Kid Singing On The Radio In The '40s. But I Always Dreamed Of Going To Big Cities.

In The Midst Of Creating, A Person Is Raised To Another Level Of Consciousness.

In The Midst Of Creating, A Person Is Raised To Another Level Of Consciousness That Doesn't Have That Much To Do With Everyday Thinking. It's As If You Could Imagine Life Before There Were Words.

There's Like A Special Group Of People That Come From Different Parts Of The Planet To Study With Me. It's Nice. I Just Gave A Workshop In Boston At The New England Conservatory, Which Was Really Nice.

The Whole Underlying Theme For The New Music... Is To Communicate Honest, Human Values, And In Doing That To Try To Improve The Quality Of Life.