Well, I tell you... the first chorus, I plays the melody. The second chorus, I plays the melody round the melody, and the third chorus, I routines.

We played even with a great team in the second and third periods. But Omaha is a team that plays with a great desire to win for a full 60 minutes. We didn't do that.

The first time I heard Jack Teagarden on the trombone, I had goose pimples all over.

We had a decent first round. We got five kids into the second round, and we'll take it.

When I play, maybe 'Back o' Town Blues,' I'm thinking about one of the old, low-down moments - when maybe your woman didn't treat you right. That's a hell of a moment when a woman tell you, 'I got another mule in my stall.'

Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.