Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.
The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.
Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.
Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.
I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.
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.