I don't tap dance, and I don't think you can learn to tap dance in three weeks at my ripe old age.
I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?
You only go from nowhere to everywhere once. Let's enjoy it!
It's true, I do like cheering people up.
Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.
In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.