hiː stˈeɪɾᵻd ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː, "ɪn dʒˈæz sˈɜːkəlz, ɐɡɹˈɛsɪvli "ˌʌpɚ klˈæs" kˈæɹɪktɚz ɑːɹ nˈoʊn æz hˈoːɹeɪz, ɐn ɐdˈæpʃən, aɪ bᵻlˈiːv, ʌv dˈæmən ɹˈʌnɪənz "hˈoːɹeɪ hˈɛnɹiz".
He stated in an interview, "In jazz circles, aggressively "upper class" characters are known as Hoorays, an adaption, I believe, of Damon Runyon's "Hooray Henries".