[the Producer Told Me:] "we Can Try

I Went Through The Whole Number, You Know. The Swing Era, The Boogie Woogie Era, The Bebop Era. Thelonious Monk Is Still One Of My Favorites. So A Lot Of These People Had Their Effect On Me.

I Didn't Feel Anything [frustraiting]. I Just Kept Working 110 Or 120 Nights A Year.

So I'm In My 51st Year Of Playin' Mostly Nightclubs. I Do Some Concerts.

The Idea Was I'd Never Amount To Anything In Music, The Theme There Was That I Was Talented, But I Wouldn't Work Hard Enough To Do Anything With It.

My Main Influences Have Always Been The Classic Jazz Players Who Sang, Like Louis Armstrong And Nat King Cole And Jack Teagarden.