The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

The Columbia years are the most sentimental for me. My parents were together through most of that time and we were a happy, sort of normal family.

Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.

It's unfortunate that women feel they have to resort to something sensational... All the videos I see now are sexy and raunchy. What's the point? I don't get it?

After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.

I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.

Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.