One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we were making $3 - $5,000 a night. We were getting a hundred dollars a week a piece. Everybody got upset about it.

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

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

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...

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...

I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind...

Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind...

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...

Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.

Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

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...

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....

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with...

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with...

One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be...

One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be...