Imagination Comes Of Not Having Things.

I Can Easily Ignore My Detractors And Feel The People Who Respond Favorably.

I Played An Artist In A Comedy Called 'rooster.' It Was A Zany Film By Glen Larson, A Friend Who Produced Several Successful Television Series Including 'magnum Pi.

It Has Been Difficult To Hold Onto Many Paintings But I Have Retained A Few. Possibly The Current Favorite Is Titled 'big Band' Completed In 2005. It Measures 13 Feet X 9 Feet. It Has 18 Nearly Life Size Recognizable Portraits Of The Biggest Jazz Stars That I Knew And Saw Perform In The 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s And Includes Wynton Marsalis.

I Always Stayed In Tune With My Own Ambitions And Attitudes And I'm Still My Intractable Old Self, For Better Or Worse.

I Have Always Said To Young Artists That Scholastic Training And The Studying Of Art History Are Crucial To Fully Developing As An Artist.