Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.

A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.