I was raised in the Methodist Church, which is a very Germanic, military kind of music they have there. I heard this other music on the radio: Pentecostal. That was right up my street.
I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.
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 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.
