The doctor who pulled me out at birth damaged my second and third vertebrae. But without those tugs, I probably would have been a regular guy selling insurance in Texas or something.
I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.
I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way.
California always struck me as a police state.
When you play with another piano player, it's just second nature to play the parts that need to be played.
One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people.
