I Was Married For 36 Years But

Not One Ounce Of My Self Worth Depends On Your Acceptance Of Me.

It's Very Freaky In Chicago.there's Something In The Water There, I Don't Know What It Is. But The Actual Word Chicago Means, In The Indian Language, Garlic. It Was Just Garlic And Mosquitoes There. And That Is The Roughest City On The Planet, And I Been To Every Place In The World.

I Got A Scholarship To Seattle University And I Was Writing Arrangements For Singers And Everybody. But The Music Course Was Too Dry And I Really Wanted To Get Away From Home.

All The Jazz Guys Had Interracial Relationships, And Even The Ladies Did. Over The Years, Interracial Relationships Have Been A Hip, Almost Defiant Thing, A Way Of Saying "nobody Can Put A Boundary Around Me."

Empty The Cup Every Time And It Comes Back At Twice As Full. I Developed That Attitude When I Was Very, Very Young, When I Decided I Didn't Want To Be A Gangster Anymore. Whether It's Just Shining Shoes, I Said Okay, I'm Going To Do This Better Than Anybody Else Did It In My Life.