It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.

I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard, It's got groove, its got feeling.

Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. Its good that its that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it, and know how lucky you are to be doing something that you love so much.

I cherish the memory of being a friend of Frank Sinatra on a friendship level to the point where we really hung out. We worked in Vegas, wed talk on the phone, and if I wasnt doing anything, Id fly out, and I spent time in Palm Springs at his house - on a level the way friends would be, not with a whole crowd of people.

You can take the guy out of the neighborhood but you can't take the neighborhood out of the guy.

It was very important to establish a sound, so that people heard a record on the radio and knew immediately that it was you.