People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio.

I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.

People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens.

I don't like to kick people when they're down. I like to kick people when they're up.

For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.

Producer Michael Davies - who did 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' - offered me a TV show, but I turned it down. I wasn't negotiating: It just didn't sound like a good idea. Then he offered me another show, and I said, 'No thanks' again. When I heard about 'Win Ben Stein's Money,' I thought, 'OK, that sounds like a good idea.'