and I arranged a farewell concert

at the 92nd Street Y.

And I didn't even tell my mother.

That was the last public concert I ever played.

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- Direct question. - Yes.

On some level, though you were nervous on the stage, you were-

It was difficult to do; the career was hard to develop-

- Well, yeah- - Were you-were you-

Nervousness is part of what we do.

Of course.

But do you feel on some level you were just-

uh, I don't know-

just couldn't take that anymore?

That aspect of it, the pressure of it,

the anxiety of it...

I hated the commercial aspect of it.

Right.

- I hated the nerves. - Right.

- I wanted to create. Right? - Right. Right.