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 and down the piano.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys...

I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys...

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,...

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm...

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm...

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.

There are a million good tunes.

There are a million good tunes.

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...

So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail,...

So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.