My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.

She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.

I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.

She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

Both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones broke on the music scene the summer I was in England. I can vividly remember hearing She Loves You in August 1963.

It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, "maybe there is a huck or two in here I haven't thought of".