Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.

But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.

The people need to feel the music. That's what's so important, and that's what is missing. You have to let the audience feel you, you have to let them feel the love, feel the rock 'n' roll, feel the energy.

We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too.

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.

I never tried to kill myself or anything.