Yeah, but I remember him once saying that he was moaning to Marc Bolan about not having his rent money and the bopping elf paid him a session fee for a track with no keyboards on. Which was kind of him
Went to see him at Ronnie Scotts with his equally-talented piano-playing son. Hilarious raconteuring, sublime piano playing, and not a dry eye in the house when he played 'Life on Mars'.