A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

At times I might play some kind of folkloric flute, although I didn't play those with the frequency or the skill then as I do now.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

Like the music of Beethoven, Bach and Charlie Parker, the Beatles' music was built to last - proving that a thing of beauty is a joy forever.