Mary Lou Williams Rutgers Interview Block 79 (Q12267)

The keys, my fingers would go down on the keys, yes... I had 3 people in the family - my grandfather, my uncle, and my stepfather, that would give me a weekly allow- ance to play their favorite tunes. My uncle liked Irish songs. My grandfather liked the classics and my stepfather liked boogie-woogie, so he'd give me more money than my - my uncle or grandfather would give me 50 cents a week and ...