“I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musician...” — Tony Bennett Quote

I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

I'll never retire.

More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.

For many years, I've always been attached to what they call the Great American Songbook, and Kern was a great leader of that because he had the classical training of Europe. He impressed all the greatest composers, like Cole Porter and Gershwin. They couldn't believe he was writing the songs he was writing.

I love entertaining people; I strive to make them feel good, and they make me feel wonderful. To explain it simply, I like what I do, and my ambition is to get better as I get older. That's really what I'm all about.

Woodley has tremendous athleticism, brings a lot of technique - well-rounded fighter.

I still want to make more plays, but you know it's going to come. You gotta keep playing, playing hard, continue to study, continue to get myself better, working on my technique, and it will come. Just gotta keep working.

My food is about texture and technique.

You shouldn't think about technique when you play. You have to be you. It cannot be about, 'I can play this, and I can show you that.'

I never had a problem with technique.