I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.

Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once.

I lived in a hotel across the street from Disneyland for a month.

Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.

I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.

I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.