I Never Bothered About Keeping

I Don't Remember Any Impression [from Blues].the Blues Was Just Everywhere In The Mississippi Delta. It Was Mostly Black Sharecroppers Living There, And There Was A Lot Of Blues Around. Sometimes The Guys Would Sing The Blues In The Fields, Working.

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

I'm Always Storing Away Phrases And Ideas And Things That I Think Might Turn Into Songs.

The Jazz Boom Was Goin' On Then So There Was A Lot Happenin' In New York At That Time.

There's A Few Tunes Of Mine That Don't Have Jokes, But Most Of Them Have A Joke And They Have A Humorous Point Of View Somewhere.