I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.
“My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.”
“But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.”