I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'….

My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up ….

I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works..

Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt and Gibson bought the whole….

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well..

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great..

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, ….

Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, ….

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out..

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame..

So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else..

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have….

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sittin….

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening..

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous..

I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get..

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill..

The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house t….

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place..

I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything.

There are a million good tunes..