Everybody got a hammer. Not the -- you know they do that in Maryland but it's to break crab claws. This is just to beat the heck out of the table. So somebody said "Bird's across the street jamming. " And he was over at Arthur's Cafe. Arthur's Bar, which is still there to this day, it's a little dinky joint. And I walked in and there was Bird and he was playing on the baritone sax. Now let me just preface this, at this period I didn't know if my mouthpiece was right, I didn't like the reed, I don't like this horn, it's not happening, I need new stuff, you know. So I got up my nerve and said "Mr. Parker, perhaps you'd like to play my alto? " And he said "that would be very nice, son. " Man I ran across Seventh Avenue and I got my horn, and I'm sitting -- Bird was there and I was sitting there and the piano was there, just a drummer, just a snare drum and a piano and Bird.  And I'm sitting there. I hand him the horn. He played "Long Ago and Far Away," Jerome Kern. And I'm listening to this guy and it seems to me there's nothing wrong with my saxophone. The saxophone sounds pretty darn good, you know what I mean? And he says "now you play. " And I says oh Jesus. When kids talk about being awestruck, I know about awestruck. I did my feeble imitation of the master. He said "sounds real good, son. " Oh man, this time I flew over Seventh Avenue, and I played the Bejesus out of "Harlem Nocturne" that night. But I mean just those few words were so important.