It doesn't take me long to write songs.

I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you keep your clothes on.

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

I don't care what studio I'm in, I don't care what producers is producing it and I don't care what song it is because they taught me those things I feel so protected wherever I go as far as music.

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.