Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me.
I like the Beatles very much, and there are certain things about the Stones that I like.
I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style.
I scarcely talk to reporters at all.
One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people.
My hobby is silence.
I'm almost totally politically inactive.
Both economics and politics are false sciences.
I played on a few Frank Sinatra sessions.
I'm pretty serious about what I do.
I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes.
I wish I had gone into industrial plumbing. That's a joke.
I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.
I am happy with what comes, I don't have expectations of any stature.
I was on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis when I was 15 - I can't imagine not doing it. That's what I do.
I really am serious abut catfish farming. I'm very interested in aquaculture.
I remember reading 'Catcher in the Rye,' but I don't think I got it.
I started out playing 'Chopsticks.'
I started playing in nightclubs when I was about 14 in Oklahoma.
I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.
I was afraid of the press.
I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was.
I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.
I'm always having people come up to me and say I saved their life - but I don't remember it!
