By The Way, I Got A Grammy,

I'm Trying To Get The Record That I Made At My Birthday Party Last Year, Trying To Get That Out, And The Lawyers Are Diddling Around With It And It Probably Won't Be Out Until Next Year. I Don't Know.

That's Something Mary Lou Williams Used To Tell Me: If You're Not Feeling Right About What You're Doing And You Play A Minor Tune It All Comes Back, Falls Into Place. I Don't Know If That's True, But I Do It.

One Should Leave The Piano When Oscar Comes In. This Man Is Dangerous.

Baldwin Is Sort Of Getting To Be A Bit Funny. I Don't Know What Happened, But A Few Years Ago They Suddenly Went Bankrupt And Gibson Bought The Whole Outfit. Since Then They Haven't Seemed To Be Doing An Awfully Good Job Of Providing Pianos.

So I Have A Friend Who Works For Me Once A Week. She's Got E-mail, So Anybody That Must Send An E-mail, They Send It To Her And She Faxes It To Me. Sounds Like A Long Way Of Doing Things, But It Works For Me.