Merl Saunders Quotes

My heavy influence was Albert Ammons, a boogie-woogie piano player -- Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Ray Charles, Freddie Slack, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton...
Merl Saunders

Sometimes it comes at the same time. I don't usually write words; I get words and turn them around. People will come and say, "Hey man, I got this song." Or I say, "My problems got problems," and they submitted me some words. I say, "Hey, this could go here, that could go there. It'd be cool." That's the way.
Merl Saunders