I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.
When I go in front of an audience, I'll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I'm doing today. That's bad for any artist, especially if what you're doing is not in line with what's happening today.
I liked roaming around by myself.