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.

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

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

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

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