One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you're doing. It's unlike, like TV you can, you can fake it with the face and the crying and the bits. Recording is completely different.

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.

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

Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They're not interested in your ears, we just want to go directly to your heart.

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.