My Ego Is Controlled Enough That I

I Was Raised In Brooklyn, And I Lived There For 59 Years.

You Don't Have To Live The Blues To Play The Blues.

If You Want To Play Somebody's Music, You'd Better Go Into His House.

Let's Say You Have Some Chicken Stock And You're Making Soup, And Out Of Everything You Can Taste, Some Of The Things You Put In And Some Of The Things You Don't. So You Start Out With An African Spice Then You Hear Some Brazilian Music, So Then It Changes. Then You Hear Jamaican And It Changes Again. And The Result Depends On How Much Of Each Spice You Put Into It. Now, I've Been Putting In Spices Since I Started Playing Professionally In 1945.

One Of The Advantages Of Not Having A Record Contract Is That You Can Make Your Own Mistakes, You Don't Need Somebody Else To Organize Them For You.