Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.

You can't lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.

Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.

Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about!

I think it's good that I had some experience of the real world before I became successful. You know, having to get up in the morning and going to work in construction.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

Elvis was always over the top. That's why he had that gold lamé suit! He designed his jumpsuits himself. He always said, "If you're going to be a star, you should look like one."