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

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

I'm one of those guys who likes to piddle around in the garage and fix stuff.

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

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

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

My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere.