To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good. Cy Coleman More Quotes by Cy Coleman More Quotes From Cy Coleman I used to perform all the time but I haven't performed in New York in a very long time. Cy Coleman used new-york long My background was in performing originally. Cy Coleman performing backgrounds I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me! Cy Coleman teens concerts people Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing. Cy Coleman apartment left-behind piano I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better. Cy Coleman profession get-better lucky When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx. Cy Coleman four mother years Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already. Cy Coleman credit artist song I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released. Cy Coleman albums bunch So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country. Cy Coleman clubs jazz country I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went bust, so I don't know where to get the masters. Cy Coleman get know trouble trying We're doing a workshop over the first two weeks of December, I believe, with Graciella Daniele directing it. Cy Coleman doing december i-believe believe