There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place.
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.
Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.
You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo.
Well, I did a harmonica instruction tape for Homespun tapes.
The stick-thin thing, I'm kind of just like, 'Not gonna do it' and 'I couldn't.'
All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.
I've always loved radio. Television scares me, because I'm older.
The only thing I have ever really cared to be known as is a musician.
I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
Barry is an incredible singer. He's even gotten better through the years.
I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way.
I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.
Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.
Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.
If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.
I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.
I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
