It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.