I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music

People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.

For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas.

If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.

Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.

The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.