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 my brains.

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Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a...

Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a...

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about...

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about...

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got...

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened,...

Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened,...

I like minor tunes.

I like minor tunes.

The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in...

The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in...

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing...

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing...

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I dont have a computer; I dont have...

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I dont have a computer; I dont have...

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

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

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...

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing...

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad,...

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad,...

There are a million good tunes.

There are a million good tunes.

Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I dont know what happened,...

Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I dont know what happened,...

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. Ive got...

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. Ive got...

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

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

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have...

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have...