So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.

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Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.

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The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time.

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I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.

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I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.

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I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.

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It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.

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But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.

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At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.

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There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end.

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