Originally, I Wanted To Be

I've Never Had A Relationship With A Record Executive. I Always Went To The Record Company By Someone That Liked My Playing. Then They Would Get Fired, And I'd Be Left With The Record Company. And Then - Because They Got Fired - The Record Company Wouldn't Do Anything For Me.

Musicians Tell Me, If What I'm Doing Is Right, They Should Never Have Gone To School.

I Don't Know What They're Thinking About. Just Because Someone Says, 'i Like What You Do' Or Something: They Might Like It Today And Tomorrow They Might Not. I've Had That Experience With Record Companies.

After I Found Out That I Was Playing Music And That I'd Have To Learn How To Read And Write Music, I Started Doing That About Two Years Later. Finally, I Said, "oh, That Means What I Really Want To Do Is To Be A Composer." But When I Was Coming Up In Texas, There Was Segregation. There Was No Schools To Go To. I Taught Myself How To Read And How To Start Writing.

When I Have Them Working Together, It's Like A Beautiful Kaleidoscope.