Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now theyre getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, youve got a hit.

Always be consistent.

A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.

I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.

I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.

My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.