I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

So I'm trying to spread myself to the point to where I can do the night shows and not have to worry about the matinees, and do one or two matinees down through the year.

I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me.

My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year.

I never made any money off of my records. It gave me the name across the country so that I could do some of the things in my personal appearances.

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.