When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

I've had the big ups and the big downs.

I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by what radio and the record companies tell them to buy.

My biggest successes were mainly in the pop market during the 80s.

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.