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I'm A Great Believer In Letting Lyrics Just Flow Out, Wherever They Come From.

All The Jazz Guys Had Interracial Relationships, And Even The Ladies Did. Over The Years, Interracial Relationships Have Been A Hip, Almost Defiant Thing, A Way Of Saying "nobody Can Put A Boundary Around Me."

Eight Kids And A Stepmother, And I Just Wanted To Be Out Of There And So When I Got A Scholarship From Boston To The Schillinger House, Which Is Now The Berklee School Of Music, I Couldn't Wait To Get Out Of There.

Did You Know You Would Become As Successful As You Have? Hell, No. But You Know What? You Were Prepared, Baby.

I Don't Deserve A Songwriters Hall Of Fame Award. But Fifteen Years Ago, I Had A Brain Operation And I Didn't Deserve That, Either. So I'll Keep It.