Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You were almost in a little restricted area there.

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You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of...

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of...

At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just...

At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just...

Those things don't happen today. I feel sorry for the kids in the industry today....

Those things don't happen today. I feel sorry for the kids in the industry today....

I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you...

I do like what Alicia Keys and John Legend are doing. With their music, you...

The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy...

The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy...

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about,...

If there's anything about the business that I love and that I'm extremely happy about,...

The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they...

The movie is actually from a book by Stephen King called The Body. When they...

I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like...

I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like...

It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the...

It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the...

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.

Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a...

Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a...

We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't...

We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't...

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we...

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we...

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are...

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are...

When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed...

When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed...

One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we...

One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we...

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King...

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King...

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local...

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local...