My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation.
Girls were coming from every angle. I couldn't love them all. But I tried.
Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.
I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.
Im still amazed people remembered and didnt give up on me.
I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do.