I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

We're all capable if we have faith and passion.

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.

When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.

We are blessed and sustained by what is not said

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

I don't crave acceptance in the classical world.

I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.

All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.

Hatred eats the soul of the hater, not the hated.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

I won't be righteous again. I'm not sure anymore.

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

At concerts I felt demeaned, like a vaudevillian.

Debbie Reynolds is as wistful as an iron foundry.

When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.

I didn't know there were 2 ten o'clocks in a day.

We're only human, we're supposed to make mistakes.

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance

Rock and roll cola wars, I can't take it any more.

No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.

Being a pianist allows me to play in any language.

I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.

I know about the bad, but I look at the good thing.

I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.

Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

Just love what you are doing, and try to play more.

I never watch the Dinah Shore show- I'm a diabetic.

Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.

Well, in our business, it's a very tough profession.

Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.

I use to love you honey, 'til you spent all my money.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.

You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.

All my life, my heart has felt closer to rock n' roll.

I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.

I don't write things that are wildly abstractly atonal.

I think it's beautiful to practice. I love to practice.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

There are some mornings when the sky looks like a road.

I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.

I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.

Anybody talented in any way - they're called eccentric.

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