The Greatest Sin Is Carelessness.

I Can't Sing Half As Well As Claudia Lennear. Hats Off To Her, But Somehow, Things Happened For Me.

I Think The Zenith Of Popular Songwriting To The United States Of America Was That Period That Started In The '20s And Went Into The '50s. It Was The Period Of The Great American Standard Song.

My Feeling About School Was That It Interfered With My Reading.

Your Musical Soul Is Like Facets Of A Jewel, And You Stick Out One Facet At A Time ... (and) I Tend To Work Real Hard On Whatever It Is I Do, To Get It Up To Speed, Up To A Professional Level. I Tend To Bury Myself In One Thing For Years At A Time.

I Never Went To The Beatles' Concerts To Scream. I Never Screamed At Anybody's Show. I Was On My Feet With The Entire, All Of The Crowned Heads Of Motown, And We Were Shrieking Our Guts Out.