SPEAK OF TROUBLE highlights the abilities of Lowell Sostomi as singer/songwriter and brings together a talented band of musicians with amazing dexterity, loads of energy, and very original arrangements. Im impressed.

Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made, names are for calling when there is nothing left to say.

If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?

My first song was Hula Hoop Song, in 1955. It was a novelty song. I had to find someway to reach out and it was with a novelty song. Now, all of my recording obligations have been taken care of. I made 14 albums for Warner Brothers. Five for United Artist before that.

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

I'm a little nuts. I'm a lot nuts. All I know is that in the midst of the madness of this world it's my therapy. The music touches my heartstrings.