I must have done about 25,000 promos.

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

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.

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

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.

Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You’re only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.