Now I Get Exposure First With People

A Lot Of The Hip Hop Artists Don't Write Music. They Write Words.

When I Was Recording From '70 To '82, I Always Played Piano And Laid The Tracks Down. But I Used To Talk To The Other Musicians While The Track Was Playing.

I Was With Polygram; That Was The Big Label That I Was With For The Longest, Like 12 Years.

Artists Don't Always Know. Almost Every Song I Ever Recorded That Was A Hit At The Majors That The Promotional People Picked I Didn't Think It Would Be A Hit. I Was Wrong Every Time!

People Are Always Defining And Re-defining Music. My Style Of Playing Has Been Characterized As Smooth Jazz And Acid Jazz. I Listen As I Play; I'm Not Caught Up In Defining The Type Of Music I Play.