he also has sonny rollins road shows volume to. it is an honor to have you on this program. >> it is an honor to finally get a chance to meet you and be on the show. i watch it, i am with you. tavis: i have been waiting on this for a long time. i want to start with the click of something you have said to interviewer 20 years ago, maybe 1986. you might remember this, maybe not. >> i don't feel i am the greatest anything, i feel like i am developing. as far as i am concerned, i am still proving it to myself all the time. tavis: that was 1986, do you feel that same way? >> exactly the same way. tavis: at 81, you are still getting better? >> even though music is one of these things that which, fortunately, there is no and to music. if your the person that can absorb it, it can do more. i am that type of person. i have been with some great musicians. and i know what to the greatness is. there are great musicians coming up. i don't think i am there yet. i am still practicing every day. i am still composing, and i am innocent. i am not si

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