I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.

My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.

I think if Unchained Melody does what I think it can do, I think there is an audience out there that would heave a sigh of relief, that finally there is a melody and orchestration, production and a vocalist that is giving them a song that they can just listen to... and not be annoyed by the vocal acrobatics that vocalists seem to think is impressive.

Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came to being famous.

You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.

Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.

Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full of muscle. 'Copacabana' sounds like it could have been released yesterday.