The upbringing had a lot to do with it. I was exposed to music. Like Duke Ellington used to say, "There's only two kinds of music: good music and bad music. " I was exposed to good music. That's what I thought of. The color line didn't come into second thought. Even when I hired my own band, I didn't hire anybody because of their color. I hired them for their musicianship and their artistry. When you think in those terms, you're thinking of people. There's a lot I can tell you about with Pearl Bailey coming up, too - that same idea. With Duke Ellington and all these other bands that I worked with, I felt comfortable working with the bands. Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman - the only band I never really worked with is Jimmie Lunceford's. Cab Calloway's band - I sat in with Cab's band, with Cozy  [Cozy Cole]. Cozy Cole was like a brother to me. Having that kind of exposure - the Good Lord gives you a chance to live among your peers and know that you're there because of music, for everybody to enjoy. Let the bad things - if they're going to happen, let them happen, but know in your heart that shouldn't have happened. It's hard to express this sometimes in words, but you just said that Duke Ellington's band was like a family. That was like my family here, my sisters and four boys. Duke Ellington's band was just - that's why they felt so good coming to my house, because we were all family. You can't beat that family. That's love, and love rules the world. When I first met Pearl Bailey - can I go into that?