I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.