 But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. |
| I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously. |
| Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember. |
| I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid. |
| I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him. |
| I remember certain lines and whose they are. |
| And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard. |
| Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. |
| I'm not a big jazz fan. |
| I'll sleep when I'm dead. |
| So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on. |
| Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well. |
| My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think. |
| I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions. |
| Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade. |
| Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music. |
| Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating. |
| It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things. |
| I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is. |
| But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals. |
