Don't Be A Perfectionist... Leave That To

It's Like A Whole Orchestra, The Piano For Me.

I Had The First Integrated Army Band In World War Ii.

I Don't Think You Can Separate A Person's "style" And His Persona. If You're Writing Or Improvising Honestly, You Will Inevitably Reflect Who You Are.

Probably The Most Profound Thing In The Bible Is 'love Your Enemies, Do Good To Those Who Hate You.' This Is What, To Me, Is The Essence Of Christianity.

I Got A Poster From Columbia Records, And There's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - Everybody In That Poster Has Died, I'm The Only One Left. And Great Players Like Paul Desmond And Gerry Mulligan, It's Hard To Believe They're Gone Because We Were All So Close. But I Believe In The Future And The Tradition Will Go On.