If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write

If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.