My Dad Was A Self-taught Stride Piano

I'm Improvising All The Time. Everything I Do Is Improvised. On The Piano, At Least.

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.

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.

And Lennie Tristano I Like A Lot, I Still Like Him.

I'm Happy Whenever Anybody Does My Material. I Don't Care What They Do With It. I Do What I Want To With Other People's Songs.